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Version: 3.4.8 (unreleased)

Drone Surveys

The Drone Surveys branch of the Interpretation Tree holds the drone flights planned over the project's meshes. A survey is made with Plan Drone Survey on a mesh in the Data tree; it is planned at once, and its settings, plan rows and warnings show in the properties when it is selected. The branch header shows the standard group menu. See the Drone Survey Planning guide for how a survey is planned, edited and exported.

The menu is built in code (DroneSurveyItemMenu); there is no menu resource.

Item Context Menu​

Right-click a drone survey in the Interpretation Tree.

Actions​

  • Replan — Plan the survey again from its current settings. The mesh must be loaded. (ID_DRONESURVEY_REPLAN)
  • Export Mission Files... — Write one mission file per battery as a DJI Pilot 2 route (.kmz), a Litchi mission (.csv), a Google Earth preview (.kml) or a waypoint table (.csv). Altitudes are relative to the take-off point. See Exporting mission files. (ID_DRONESURVEY_EXPORT)
  • Analyse Lighting — Follow the sun across the surveyed surface through the survey date, shadows cast by every loaded mesh included, and set the planned start to the best window. See Time of day and lighting. (ID_DRONESURVEY_LIGHTING)
  • Show Sun In 3D View — Light the 3D view as the sun will be at the planned start, with ray-traced shadows on an RT-capable GPU. (ID_DRONESURVEY_SUN_IN_VIEW)
  • Play Drone's View — Fly the 3D view along the path through the drone's camera, at its field of view, each mission out from the take-off point and back. Press Esc or click to stop. (ID_DRONESURVEY_PLAY)
  • Navigate To — Navigate to the survey in the 3D view. (ID_POPUP_ITEM_GOTO)
  • Group / Delete — As on every grouped list; see the standard item menu.