Problem with stitched map
I tried mapping for frst time. I flew four missions on different properties the first worked as advertised but on the next three the flight seemed to go well as planned. When I stitched in Autopano giga some parts of the finished pano in each mission was showing what appeared to be double exposure or ghost. Didn't change any settings(default) simply readjusted coverage by moving points.Would appreciate any assistance or opinions. Thanks
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It would help to k ow the drone and the details of the flight. Can you share the missions?
All three are similar here are two if more is neeeded I can share. Drone is Mavic Air 2.
1 - https://app.dronelink.com/norman-w-ziegelmeyer/sugar-camp-rd/plan/tjGj0Qmy6ByyEeSy2Hzl/JG6HU22DSaTun8DOV1bU
2 - https://app.dronelink.com/norman-w-ziegelmeyer/dennis/plan/8fUkjLfA7flBJECxqSHg/W0VapswNtVibA3WBZ7E9
It's a Spark but that isn't part of the plan. There is no place in the plan to add the aircraft type. It's simple, how to add details to the orbit component?
norman ziegelmeyer
OK - thanks. Here are some options/suggestions:
1. Are the photos in focus? I have had a situation where the camera focused on something super close before I took off and then failed to refocus later. If a whole bunch (particularly at the start) are out of focus, the way around that is to manually take off, face something far away, focus, then start the mission.
2. You are mapping at a low altitude, and flying at 20 mph, with a drone that doesn't have a mechanical shutter. It is possible that the blur is just the ground rushing by and the camera is too slow to capture it - this will be particularly true if it is low light, or the data write speed is low (cheap SD cards might cause this). I would re-run it but reduce the speed to 10mph and see if that solves the problem.
3. Is the camera in autofocus mode? The mission has no camera setup instructions. My recommendation would be to create a component that sets up the camera the way you like and then add that to all of your missions at the start. That would include setting up autofocus in this case.
Hope that helps!
Thanks barry. From your description I think I failed to set camera settings were iso-100 and shutter-100. Will increase shutter and slow down and rerun.
No problem.
Look into my suggestion of having a component that does it for you. It's one of the strengths of DL - I have different setups for different clients and different situations - e.g. one for construction sites, and one for a client I have that will reject any video shot that isn't 30FPS. It's great to be able to just drop that at the start of any mission and know that you are covered once on site.
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