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Mobile Ground Station

Posted by Chris Onyando on August 6, 2013 at 11:32pm

Im planning for setting up platforms for surveilance. Both arducopter and arduplane. The ground station will be built inside a van. I need some advice on the following things.

1. Any ideas on a GPS tracker that could give a .kml output? I intend to use this to track the mobile ground station and overlay the position on mission planner.

2. Is it posible to have the HOME location as a dynamic point? - Everytime the van changes location, the new coordinates and altitude are sent to the drone via telemetry. This way, RTL would bring the drone to where the van is and not necessarily where the drone was armed.

 Thanks

CHRIS

NAIROBI, KE.

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  • Chris Onyando August 13, 2014 at 12:00am
    Hey. I never really got much replies but i found a way to do this. In mission planners hidden window, there is a moving base button. This should take carw of a moving groundstation. I havent tried it though.
    • Justice Bentz > Chris Onyando June 15, 2015 at 7:20pm

      Hey Chris,

      Have you tried moving base?

      Any luck? Its been almost a year... 

  • scaple August 7, 2013 at 10:21am

    2. Is it posible to have the HOME location as a dynamic point? - Everytime the van changes location, the new coordinates and altitude are sent to the drone via telemetry. This way, RTL would bring the drone to where the van is and not necessarily where the drone was armed.

    It's possible I think. Home point's position data as first WP upload to APM(It use altitude over mean sea level), With Mavlink message MAVLINK_MSG_ID_MISSION_REQUEST and MAVLINK_MSG_ID_MISSION_ITEM, you can upload home point' position in any time.

    • Jemcd > scaple February 21, 2014 at 2:07pm

      This is a very good question (I think so ) and no answers? I see many of the questions go unanswered, I had simple questions that were never answered, another question!!!!!!!! is there a forum on here for these machines and associated STUFF that answers questions?? I am new to all this stuff and want answers

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