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Pre-mission, mission, and post mission software
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guntercb
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Hello:  

Our Department just bought a Phantom 4.  I am working to  determine how UAS will be beneficial to our Department.  I believe we  will use them to perform animal surveys, create 3D models, orthomosaic  photos, contours that we will import into design software, and many  other applications that I have not imagined.  

I am hoping that someone can share some knowledge on the software they use for pre-mission, mission, and post missions.

Regarding  our animal surveys, we will need software that will allow us to load  areas that the drone will automatically fly transits for; however, once  we spot an animal of interest we will want to manually take over the UAS  and after better looking at the animal we will want to return to the  automated flight were we took over control.  Are there any software  packages that will allow you to take over automated flight and return  back to the automated flight at the point you took over?

Regarding  3D modeling, it appears to me that Pix4D is the best solution right  now.  Are there other packages that I should look at for 3D modeling?   When you are processing your models locally do you need a dedicated  computer or can you still use your computer for other tasks without it  being too slow from processing your model?

Are there any  pre-mission and mission packages for created orthomosaic photos that  will allow you to fly a large area, but it breaks the large area into  smaller areas that allow you to maintain visual of the UAS?

The  software packages that I am aware of are the following:   DroneDeploy,  Pix4D, and Drone2map.  Are there other packages you recommend?  I have  tried the DroneDeploy trial and was very pleased with how user friendly  it is, but I was not impressed with the 3D model I created.  To be fair  to DroneDeploy, I did not have the best photos and the building I was  trying to model has large overhangs that I think most would have trouble  modeling.

Any knowledge you can share would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Guntercb

2016-12-16
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