Night vision pictures with GPS coordinates
Hello all,
Probably not a new idea, but something I'm thinking of tackling. I want to build a RC plane capable of flying a preset course and taking pictures along the route. Then fly back home. All under the cover of darkness. I then want to take the pictures and be able to get GPS coordinates on them to be able to see where deer are bedded down. I need ideas for a good IR camera, large flying platform (I think I wanna do a gas engine), and a way to be able to search each picture with GPS coordinates. basically I wanna be able to pinpoint down to a GPS coordinate the bedding areas in my hunt club........
Any ideas?
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Permalink Reply by Luke Nyhof on -
Hi All,
Just a quick side note, certain late model Mercedes Benz vehicles are now fitted with a FLIR camera system, perhaps a reccy of you local wreckers might prove beneficial, these cameras use a standard video out and, if need be, can have an OSD integrated with the camera feed, if using resolvers/encosers on stepper motors to read out the pitch and yaw of the camera along with a decent GPS and a laser rangefinder (eg: Bosch Blue series make a handheld version) you could easily make a system which could geotag and rangefind any "hot-body" for hunting purposes...
Also the FLIR camera is lightish, and can be easily mounted on a camera gimbal.
We use these systems at my work for certain special projects.
Just my 2c.
Cheers,
Luke
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Permalink Reply by Eraser on -
Using the FLIR EVSX?
I found it kinda heavy for a quad, but they work great on HEXA's and I power them off the same 5 volt dc converter I use for everything else.
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Permalink Reply by Luke Nyhof on
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That's the one, quite small and relatively light weight and no need for heavy cooling for the thermal sensor.
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Permalink Reply by Luke Nyhof on
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Actually I stand corrected, the model that I have been using is the FLIR PathfindIR, it's about 400g and fits in your hand, runs off 12vdc at approx 2-6W.
See: http://www.flir.com/uploadedFiles/UserManual_PathFindIR.pdf
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Permalink Reply by Luke Nyhof on
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That's the one, doubtful there would be much difference between the models. How do you find the image clarity due to the vibration induced by the frame of the hexa?
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Permalink Reply by Eraser on
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Not too much of a problem, I mounted it with Vibration dampeners, and built the standoff from UHM Polyethylene, so I think that helped... I am also using a video encoder that helps smooth the image a little..
Eraser
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