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After a few flights where I neglected to turn on metadata before going out for a mapping mission, I wrote up a quick tutorial on using Airdata to recover these logs. Hopefully this is helpful for anyone using Litchi or Go for mapping. Disclosure: I work for Hivemapper. Retrieving flight logs...

A ton of great new maps have been created over past couple weeks. Check out these maps in the running for the $1,000 coolest map prizes: The Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey Budweiser Factory - Fairfield, CA Goose Creek Village - Ashburn, VA Meanwhile we’ve got 2 users battling it...

More great maps being uploaded from around the world: Liguanea, Jamaica Podgorica, Montenegro Montreal, Canada Campania, Italy One of these flyers could be winning $3000! Click on the link to explore the map. There's still 3 more weeks to enter the competition. Fly and upload your video...

I'm not totally up to date on that area, it was mapped from a number of different launch points back in 2016. I've placed a pin on one of the launch points that was used, but i believe it was also hit from that park down the hill to the east, as well as Washington Square. I know SF banned them...

Just thought I'd share a few great user maps uploaded recently: General Mamerto Natividad, Philipines Borris, Ireland Kolkatta, India Winchester, Virginia

We're definitely hearing interest in supporting mobile, and the ipad pro in particular. We use litchi ourselves and I know it's a bit annoying when you need to switch over to a browser to do specific things. Thanks for your notes!

We just finished this guide on how to use Litchi to map a 2sq km area in about an hour. Anyone who duplicated this would immediately be the front-runner for the $3000 largest map prize. Link to full blog post with flightpath download - Map 2 sq km in 60 minutes using a DJI drone. Check out...

Thanks for pointing this out, that message should be more clear: The issue is it's a mobile browser. Currently we don't support touch controls and you need a mouse to navigate the map. If you select "Display desktop site" on your mobile device you should be able to load the page but you will be...

I second Mare Island, lots of great sights and also a lot of very open and safe spots for beginners. I got approached once by security many years ago and they explained I couldn't be there having to do with it being a formal naval base and still under gov oversight. Since then I believe the land...

I thought you all might be interested in this contest my company is putting on: We’re looking for DJI pilots to try building a 3D map at Hivemapper.com. All you need to do is fly around any area you want to map and upload your video. It can be anything from a quick orbit around your house to...