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MERIT Training Drones & Mapping with QGIS

This web/blog contains a series of short tutorials developed for the MERIT and SESMIM projects in Mongolia on the use of drones for mapping and GIS. It focuses on FOSS4G and free to use applications like QGIS and OpenDroneMap (ODM) to process the drone images and to create updated maps for landuse, agriculture, conservation, environmental and social planning. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))

DJI Phantom 3 P and Mavic Pro radio controller

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July 24, 2018

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Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE)

August 09, 2018

The following tutorial covers the use of Microsoft Research's Image Composite Editor or ICE for drone mapping. Background Our initial goal was to use Open Drone Map (ODM) a FOSS4G application to create orthophotos from the autonomous drone images using DroneDeploy. At our training workshop we discovered that only three PC Workstations were able to install ODM. The remaining systems did not have enough computing capacity to process orthophotos. As a result an alternative was needed and we decided that MS ICE (free application) is a viable alternative for the majority there. Mongolian: https://trainingquadcopters.blogspot.com/2018/07/opendronemap-with-docker-toolbox-for.html English: https://trainingquadcopters.blogspot.com/2018/06/opendronemap-with-docker-toolbox-on.html Applications like ODM and Agisoft Photoscan automatically uses the EXIF coordinates in the drone photos to georeference the orthophoto map, ICE does not. ICE uses blending technology to stitch the...

OpenDroneMap with Docker Toolbox on Windows

June 25, 2018

Install Docker Toolbox on Windows https://docs.docker.com/toolbox/toolbox_install_windows/ Docker Toolbox provides a way to use Docker on Windows systems that do not meet minimal system requirements for the Docker for Windows app. Get Docker Toolbox for Windows: https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe What you get and how it works Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools: Docker CLI client for running Docker Engine to create images and containers Docker Machine so you can run Docker Engine commands from Windows terminals Docker Compose for running the docker-compose command Kitematic, the Docker GUI the Docker QuickStart shell preconfigured for a Docker command-line environment Oracle VM VirtualBox Because the Docker Engine daemon uses Linux-specific kernel features, you can’t run Docker Engine natively on Windows. Instead, you must use the Docker Machine command, docker-machine , to create and attach to a small Linux VM on you...

DJI Phantom 3 - Flight Logs

August 28, 2016

The DJI Phantom 3 stores flight logs in the drone itself with a .DAT extension and in your phone or table with a .txt extension (using DJI Go). These are log files of your flight history and can be converted into ASCII .csv files with DJI's 3rd party SDK apps if you are a programmer. Some useful reference sites include: http://www.nvdrones.com/ https://blog.nvdrones.com/how-to-view-dji-flight-logs-in-4-easy-steps-2e5c6521c6a7#.iyqmuewf7 http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/new-version-of-dat-converter.60155/ Java based application to process .DAT files: https://datfile.net/index.html In addition there are 3rd party developers who provide cloud based solutions for you to convert the data into a more readable text format. Links to convert flight logs: https://www.mapsmadeeasy.com/log_viewer http://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/Upload/ http://www.djilogs.com/#/ (cost $1.00) Example of DJI Log Conveter: