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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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.
Try checking out rally points. See wiki http://plane.ardupilot.com