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Male


Location

Sault Ste. Marie


About Me:

I work as a photo interpreter. I have experience with large scale orthophotography from a boom mounted below a helicopter.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

looking to build or purchase a multirotor system for use in forest mensuration.


Hometown:

Sault Ste. Marie


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Gerard Lavoie replied to Gerard Lavoie's discussion Sub meter accuracy for the Arducopter GPS?
Oct 5, 2010
Gerard Lavoie replied to Gerard Lavoie's discussion Sub meter accuracy for the Arducopter GPS?
"I think you should send me a sample of the current output log, using Windows Hyper-terminal. It would be a start. I think that reading a standard NMEA output (>1Hz) is a good idea here, if it isn't already the case. I should look at the log, and…"
Oct 5, 2010
Gerard Lavoie replied to Gerard Lavoie's discussion Sub meter accuracy for the Arducopter GPS?
"I found out that Mikrokopter has locked out anything but their 3-5 meter accuracy MKGPS chip... that killed it for me. I just jumped ship. :) I'm glad I haven't spent any money yet :)

The GPS fix is a big one for me...."
Oct 5, 2010
Gerard Lavoie posted a discussion
I am wondering if there is a proprietary binary code output from the compatible Arduino GPS chips, or if an NMEA output is fine?  This is because I want this magical GPS unit onboard: http://www.sxbluegps.com/sxblue-gps.htmlHas anybody got a good…
Oct 5, 2010
Gerard Lavoie left a comment for Steve Joyce
"Amazing... You just made my job about 5 times more exciting:) I worked closely with Francois Gougeon on individual tree classification projects in Ontario and Minnesota. He was a great reference. I love your smartplane solution. It very well may…"
Sep 27, 2010
Gerard Lavoie replied to Gerard Lavoie's discussion Northern Ontario Canada forester looking to build an Octo for field work....
"Thanks for your comments and questions... I was kind of expecting that.
I'm starting to think that this may not be the right place to be posting this. Is there anyone here who is interested? My first stop on the comparison train involves mikrokopter…"
Sep 27, 2010
Gerard Lavoie replied to Gerard Lavoie's discussion Northern Ontario Canada forester looking to build an Octo for field work....
Sep 26, 2010
Gerard Lavoie posted a discussion
Good day,I am a forester from Northern Ontario Canada.  I have been following Mikrokopter, and arducopter more recently.  I am looking to plan a winter build.  I am a GIS and remote sensing tech guy, with mission planning experience.  I have used…
Sep 26, 2010