James Young
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Flight distance : 1085049 ft
Australia
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Has anyone here had any experience using their drone to do aerial mapping, and subsequently had their data uploaded to Google Earth?
I've experimented with a few after-market apps like "Commander" and "Litchi" to create flight plans to capture the vertical photography of an area I'm interested in.
Now I'd like to provide the imgery to Google Earth so the mapping available in my area is in higher resolution (and much more recent) than is currently provided by Google.
Google does have an "Imagery Partner Program" http://maps.google.com/help/maps/mapcontent/imagery/ but the formats they ask for don't seem to be compatible with what we capture with our DJI drones. Assuming that we capture sequential, vertical photography at a constant (legal) height, does anyone have any insight as to how this data can be used by Google?
I would assume that "crowdsourcing" aerial photography would provide Google with an enormous amount of recent, hi-res data.
Maybe DJI could even encorporate a mapping function within the DJI Go app.
In Australia, I'm limited to operating at 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level. At this height, I can survey about two square kilometres per battery using a Phantom.
Since the photography would be provided to Google free of charge, I assume that this wouldn't be viewed as a commercial operation.
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