Developer Comment by jasonshort on August 14, 2010 at 2:59pm

Wow, cool!

BTW, loop and absolute defines are no longer in the header file. There's no harm in having them there, they just wont do anything. Looping will become a command soon.
Jason

Comment by Christof Schmid on August 14, 2010 at 3:16pm

Works nice on W7 64. When draging a WP on the map, the coord does not follow.

Best
Christof

Comment by Magnus on August 14, 2010 at 3:17pm

Well, the version of Waypointwriter i have don't compile without them. As soon as i get a little bit more understanding of the command language i will try to add more features. And as soon as the command parser is written i will add the binary protocol! :)

This is actually a part of my own ground station project. It is more focused on following the UAV on a map rather than implementing full avionics. More on that later.

/Magnus

Comment by Magnus on August 14, 2010 at 3:32pm

Thanks Christof. I'll add that to my todo list. /Magnus

Comment by Dr Mike Black on August 14, 2010 at 4:45pm

Works a treat on win7 Ult..superb....

Only shortfall that im seeing is that Open Street, only shows streets and generally we dont fly over streets...with no topigraphical infomation we cant set WP`s within say a known field or area..

dont know if its possible to overlay satelite imagery, then its complete..

Not criticising in the slightest as its superb to use, easy to follow, and exactly what we need...

But IMHO we do need more graphical information.

Great work.

Mike.

Comment by Magnus on August 14, 2010 at 10:45pm

Mike,
I agree OSM is not ideal, but at least in some areas it has enough information for planning. Look at my screenshot above for example.

I am currently looking into other options, bu i really want to be able to cache the map so it is available offline at the flying site. I am not sure if you are allowed to do that with Google maps.

/Magnus

Comment by Ravi Gaddipati on August 15, 2010 at 9:03am

Look into embedding:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.8782&lon=-77.1054&z=10&l=0...

the URL can control/tell you everything about what/where it is at.

Comment by Magnus on August 15, 2010 at 10:48am

Technically I could add a satellite layer from Google Maps, but I'm not sure i am allowed to store maps locally. There is a program called gmapcatcher that can download all tiles for a specific area. I think the file format and coordinate system is the same as OSM uses. My plan is let the user download Google satellite images with gmapcatcher for the area he/she wants an then they can be used in MissionPlanner.

However this not the first thing i will look into.

This is my current priorities:
* Get some more basic features in place. Load, save, insert WP
* Implement some of the additional APM Nav commands
* Implement APM binary telemetry protocol
* Additional map types

Any specific features that you would like to see that isn't available in the existing tools?

/Magnus

Comment by Magnus on August 15, 2010 at 10:52am

Another thought. It is possible to register on Open Street Map and add the geographic features you want for your specific location. An even more advanced idea is to set up our own OSM rendering service where we can add whatever we want to the standard map. It's probably possible to import airspace data and other information vital for safe flying with UAVs.

Lots of ideas...

/Magnus

Comment by Dr Mike Black on August 15, 2010 at 2:29pm

Magnus,

Please, under no circumstances think i was criticising.

For our team, here in the UK, we fly off the grid somewhat, so seeing satelite imagery is a must, purely because certain landmarks, create our safe fly zones...

I would love to help with this but simply do not have the knowledge required.

Im sure there are many of us with great ideas but no way to impliment them :~)

if i can help, please shout.

Mike.

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