I've been working on a tool which generates grid missions for use within Litchi. The designer generates 2D points which get processed by Litchi in an attempt to maintain constant height above terrain.
The site for now is at ancient.land
There's a video explainer here:
- Flight time indicator is currently overly optimistic, only based on total distance / speed. Be conservative.
- User must ensure their mission is safe and logical before flying. Tool does not guarantee safe/legal flight.
- Height above terrain depends on Litchi's DEM being queried. Flying near cliffs is still extremely risky due to the difference between ground truth and interpolated lower resolution DEM values.
- A number of people have already flown missions based on the tool, but camera settings for many models are yet to be verified as accurate.
Please test flight on flat, clear land at 50% frontlap and 50% sidelap.
Ensure your RTH path is clear from obstacles at either mission end or mid mission for a battery swap.
You can export to KML from Litchi and observe the mission in Google Earth Pro.
Leave feedback and suggestions!
The site for now is at ancient.land
There's a video explainer here:
- Draw a home point (green) which acts as the first waypoint. This is where your drone should be standing on the ground.
- Draw a polygon for the area of interest
- Adjust the parameters in the hamburger menu
- Save to local machine
- Upload the csv file via Litchi Mission Hub and save to account
- Fly mission via Litchi
- Flight time indicator is currently overly optimistic, only based on total distance / speed. Be conservative.
- User must ensure their mission is safe and logical before flying. Tool does not guarantee safe/legal flight.
- Height above terrain depends on Litchi's DEM being queried. Flying near cliffs is still extremely risky due to the difference between ground truth and interpolated lower resolution DEM values.
- A number of people have already flown missions based on the tool, but camera settings for many models are yet to be verified as accurate.
Please test flight on flat, clear land at 50% frontlap and 50% sidelap.
Ensure your RTH path is clear from obstacles at either mission end or mid mission for a battery swap.
You can export to KML from Litchi and observe the mission in Google Earth Pro.
Leave feedback and suggestions!