About

Gender

Male


Location

Ontario


About Me:

Work for the CAF and interested in the GIS and RSI applications of drones.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Very interested in using a Iris+ for aerial mapping and photography, as well as crop management.


Hometown:

Ottawa Valley


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Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"The road is straight. Ive overlayed it onto Google Earth as well as properly Geo Refrenced it. 
What I think you see is the undulation of the road. When viewed as a 3D model the road has a bit of up and down elevation. I believe this is due to the…"
Apr 27, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"For that mission I was at 80 Metres above ground level.
I didnt use Mission Planner; I havent been able to find GoPro Settings in Mission Planner, not to say they dont exist. I found Droid Planner 2 for my android device much better. 
To create a…"
Apr 27, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"I dont know yet. Still waiting for mine in the mail haha. Ill try and post it when I get it.
In the mean time I have been using my GoPro Silver+ with good effect. I have flown 3 missions already. The overlap of the GoPro is pretty small so the area…"
Apr 26, 2015
Nathan replied to Jimmy Oliver's discussion QUESTION: IRIS+ COVERAGE PER FLIGHT in IRIS
"Thanks for the reply... definitely what I needed to know.
Now I just need to get comfortable with Mission Planner.. The UI isnt nearly as friendly as DronePlanner. "
Apr 17, 2015
Nathan replied to Jimmy Oliver's discussion QUESTION: IRIS+ COVERAGE PER FLIGHT in IRIS
"I've never flowN a survey mission.hoping to by the end if the month.

4 grids makes sense; but I'm more wondering if you RTL'D in the middle of a mission, could you get the IRIS to continue at the last waypoint?"
Apr 13, 2015
Nathan replied to Jimmy Oliver's discussion QUESTION: IRIS+ COVERAGE PER FLIGHT in IRIS
"I recommend that you download Mission Planner, as you can put in the survey and camera type and measure your area.
To calculate Im using the SX260 for mission planning. For 100 acres it would take 37mins total flight time.

But this doesnt include…"
Apr 13, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"You get your IRIS and S100 out for a spin yet?
Ive been flying my IRIS all weekend. Just waiting for my camera mount to mount my SX260. "
Apr 12, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"Bought an SX260 and the IRIS+ today. Will ship off my SX260 to Event38 for the NDVI conversion. As soon as I get results Ill post them.

Im going to try GrassGIS for the orthorectification, but might also use DroneMapper as they offer reasonable…"
Apr 3, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"Right on.

I already have Arcgis, and I downloaded the trial version of Photoscan. Very user friendly. A bit pricey so I don't know if I want to invest that much yet.

I used Erdas for photogrammetry before. Terrible program, horrendous UI."
Apr 2, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"Can you post the website you got the NDVI conversion at?

Have you decided on your post processing software? I'm gonna try the open source grass orthorectification, but it doesn't look very friendly.

I emailed drone deploy but they haven't…"
Apr 2, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"Thanks for the reply. 

I always thought the IR-Pro looked a little dubious, but was worth a try.

Thanks for the link, will definitely look into that. Is the S100 compatible with the survey portion of APM mission planner?"
Mar 30, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"Wow, cant believe I got such fast replies. 
I read an article talking about NDVI. It talked about the fact that NDVI was originally meant for use from Landsat as the Bands have better normalization due to the satellite being so high and not having…"
Mar 30, 2015
Nathan replied to Global_Saffer's discussion Basic mapping with Iris+ Canon S100
"How have you made out with the Go Pro and NDVI on the IRIS+? Im looking to do the same thing, and wondering if you have had any success?
I bought my first Go Pro,  and just waiting for my IRIS drone. Very interested in which you went with for…"
Mar 30, 2015