James Alexander Swentzel
Owner/Co-Founder at DroneStack.
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
@George K So I spoke with some guys from the WebODM dev team. Apparently, 65% front overlap and 65% side overlap results in an overall overlap of 42%, since 0.65 is the square root of 0.42.
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
@georges In the U.S., we have Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, and Category 4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Category 1: drones under 0.55lbs (0.25kg). Category 2/3: greater than 0.55lbs but incapabl...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Victor You must be unlucky; I've had nothing but pleasant encounters with law enforcement (in terms of drones). Most officials I interact with are actually very curious about drones and [kind of] l...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Victor What do you mean? I also have an Air 2s that I use on a daily basis, recreationally and commercially.
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Martin Reading I was wondering about this method, too. Do you find that the ortho quality is better in areas that the oblique and nadir runs overlapped? My concern, after taking battery life into a...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
George K I also don't know what they mean by the 42%, lol. Personally, I haven't noticed wind affecting anything in the orthos aside from the actual look of the trees in the final ortho, unless tha...
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James Alexander Swentzel created a post,
Difference Between Types of Image Overlap.
Hello, all. I generate orthophotos using WebODM. On their tutorials page, they mention a specific pattern to be flown to mitigate errors and maximize quality in orthos as well as one of the routes ...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Jim, thank you very much for the response(s). I have not figured out what the most suitable software is for creating orthomosaics from the DroneLink image group, but when I do and I end up flying m...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Here are both mission plans I was referencing: 1: https://app.dronelink.com/james-swentzel/my-first-project/plan/qvXxQq6BxzvIUJBDPeMw 2. https://app.dronelink.com/james-swentzel/my-first-project/pl...
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James Alexander Swentzel commented,
Jim, I cannot see the "x Elevations updates" message mentioned in the thread whilst planning the mission on the webpage, but I can see the route change to match the ground elevations in 3D Planner....
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