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Male
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Location
Fort Worth, TX
About Me:
Multicopter newb
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm interested in exploring the build, use, and programming of UAVs for personal, and possibly an eventual professional use in aerial surveys.
Hometown:
Fort Worth
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"Christian, thanks for your response. I'm quite new at photogrammetry so some of the solutions you mention are not familiar to me. Is there an introductory text or guide that you could recommend for someone like me to get up to speed on the…"
"Garrick, while I don't own a 3DR copter (just the APM and other electronics), the lack of replacement parts or the ease of quickly obtaining replacement parts from other kits has driven me to search out solutions that I can find and make with…"
"Does anyone have any experience, solutions, or suggestions for determining GPS coordinates of images that have been used to create an orthorectified image generated using SFM? In more detail here is what I'd like to do: I've performed a number of…"
"Ken, I share your frustrations with HK and I try to avoid shipping through their Malaysian carrier when possible because the tracking is particularly bad. The tracking feature for Malaysian Post seems to be a bit fragmented/ununified because you…"
"Jaime, thanks for all the information and tips and also for the warning about personal security. Regards, Jason"
"I realize this is a fairly old thread, but just today I was working on this problem and after I solved it (I think), I found this discussion. Others have already provided a number of good answers and resources but I thought I'd add my own. The…"
"Jaime, I look forward to that post. In the next month or two I plan on evaluating both products to compare capabilities and quality prior to purchase/rental. Thanks!"
"I have a general question about UAV/UAS laws in Mexico, so sorry if this is too off topic for the Baja group. I may have an opportunity to travel to Cohuila with a research team that will be performing botanical inventories. I'd like to try to do…"
"Not only out of scale, but there are some BIG color shifts as you move from close perspective to distant perspective. I noticed that when launching my quad using a GoPro, the grass seemed a mix of green and brown but as I moved higher the green…"
"Regarding software, the first resource that opened my eyes to the possibilities of using aerial images and mapping/3D software was a tutorial I found at http://flightriot.com/post-processing-software/
Watch that and the related tutorials and you…"
Watch that and the related tutorials and you…"
"Josh, you should probably point your camera perpendicular to the plane you intend to image (image capture surface parallel to that plane). So if you are capturing a building, point horizontally, if the landscape, point down. This will allow you to…"
"Jake, the tool that does just that is built into Mission Planner. There is a good tutorial at http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-plan-missions-for-aerial...
Finding the best percentage of overlap might come with a bit of trial and error, but…"
Finding the best percentage of overlap might come with a bit of trial and error, but…"
"Graham, thanks for your comments. Your foam copter gives me a whole different approach to consider. I love how compact it can get with the arms folding over the rest of the body. For now I think I'll keep investigating the Al/C frame with more…"
"If Graham or anyone else with experience with DIY H-frames could provide input on my design, I would appreciate it. Thanks!"
"The forums don't seem to like SketchUp files so I'm trying to attach as a ZIP in a comment.quad11.zip"
I've become a bit tired of having to order frame parts from China every time something breaks or when I want to try something new so I've decided to design and build my first frame from scratch using material I can get in the local hardware and…
