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Mapping Grid: Overlap, Line Spacing, Photo Interval & Photo Count

Lesson 6 of 817 minLab

This lesson is part of the course

In this lesson

You turn the GSD and image size into the ground footprint of one photo, apply the front and side overlap from the client brief, and work out the line spacing, the photo interval, the number of flight lines and the total number of photos for the quarry.

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Lessons in this course

  1. Battery Energy: mAh, Volts, Watt-hours & the Landing ReserveLab14 min Locked
  2. Flight Time from Power Draw & the Cost of PayloadLab15 min Locked
  3. Wind: Ground Speed Out & Back and the Return ReserveLab16 min Locked
  4. Range Under a Battery Budget & the Visual-Range LimitLab16 min Locked
  5. Ground Sampling Distance: Centimetres per Pixel & the Right AltitudeLab15 min Locked
  6. Mapping Grid: Overlap, Line Spacing, Photo Interval & Photo CountLab17 min Locked
  7. Mission Time: Flight Lines, Turns & Battery SwapsLab16 min Locked
  8. Pre-Flight Sheet: A Limits Panel with Red–Amber–Green FlagsLab17 min Locked