Didnt save an on the fly photo mission - help needed.

Glyn Barrett

i had to cut short an on the fly mission today due to rain.

it was a new job site for me so i was building a repeatable photo mission for next time.  took 27 photos and logged the locations.

in my haste to get my drone out of the rain i didn't save the mission.

is there any way of recovering it?

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  • Comment author
    Barry Houldsworth Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert

    Did you look in the mission history tab - the little clock icon at the bottom?

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  • Comment author
    Glyn Barrett

    yes.  looked there.  the video mission i had just flown was there, but not the photo mission.

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    Has the device you flew it on connected to the network while Dronelink is running since you ran the mission?

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  • Comment author
    Glyn Barrett
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    it was on my phone jim so had connectivity the whole time, plus before and after.

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    Can you look at the history tab on the phone and see if the mission is there? Did you actually finish the function setup and get to running the mission? If not, there will be no history if you never ran it.

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  • Comment author
    Barry Houldsworth Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert

    OK - no worries. 

    You can use this technique to create a flight from the logs.

    https://youtu.be/y9PGDo7Eam4

    And then each photo (I assume you still have the photos) will have a GPS location on it which will give you the ability to add photos along the way. 

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  • Comment author
    Glyn Barrett

    thanks barry.  

    ive done that in a roundabout way before when adding new photo locations to existing missions when re-running them on subsequent visits.  

    im not so bothered about the actual route the drone takes.

    one bit of info i have learned in the past couple of months that i wished id have known earlier was that the gimbal angle and drone heading are stored in the metadata.  took me ages trying to "eye in" photo locations previously.

    Jim - no i didnt finish the setup unfortunately, i had logged the photo locations but took a 5 bracket manually at each location so i didnt have to.  i was thinking about maybe taking a couple more when the rain hit and i had to bring it home. 

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    If you don't start the mission, it won't be in the history.

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