Survey is completely airframe independent and works for both copter and plane. By framing the mission planning problem in terms of aircraft operation and desired result, rather than the means to that result, planning is vastly simplified, repeatable, and easy to do in the field.
Fly the camera, not the plane!
The current version of DroidPlanner now supports the following features in Survey:
- Simple user interface
- Multiple supported cameras
- Real-time visualization of the flight plan
- Projected camera footprint visualization
- Calculated statistics, such as coverage area and mission length
The current version of Mission Planner now supports the following features in Survey:
- Both simple and advanced user interfaces
- Multiple supported cameras and custom camera definition
- Automatic camera parameter identification by photo upload
- Real-time visualization of the flight plan
- Projected camera footprint visualization
- Calculated statistics, such as coverage area and mission length
- Trigger type selection and auto population of the distance-based trigger, CAM_TRIGG_DIST
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-plan-missions-for-aerial-survey
