Recent content by DaveN

VLM also flags mission legs which exceed the drone's rate-of-climb/descent capabilities. This and the ability to see my camera angles before flying have made a big improvement in saving time for me, especially when the flight plan goes out of comm range due to obstacles.

I looked up info on the SRTM data and found the current DEMs now resolve to 1 arc-second (30 meter increments) globally. Some time ago this was only within the US and 3 arc-seconds everywhere else. I suspect this is what Google's API taps into if you pass coordinates to it. The 2nd link states...

A minor item I've noticed... If the heading for a leg is set to 0 or 360 degrees (the heading slider limits), this later creates a 'Warning - No heading specified for WPxx' message when exporting to GE. A one degree change from these values clears the warning. Obviously this warning creates no...

VLM is great and it has really improved my chances of getting the camera shots I want on the first flight. Now a question regarding a possible new feature: I'm frequently in areas with significant altitude change requirements which result in warning messages: 'Warning - Excessive Altitude...

Hello Namirda: I've been flying autonomous Litchi missions for a while and just discovered & tried your simulator (V2.3.0) - well done! Now for a question. When my current mission is exported as a csv file into GE, I get several warning messages in the sidebar stating 'Warning - Excessive...