Recent content by JC in New Hampshire

GPS satellites are not geostationary so at any given point in time you might have multiple satellites visible from the floor of the canyon, and at other times none.

What a cool shot!

My fix for that is to configure my browser to delete ALL cookies on exit. And so I just don't worry much about tracking cookies. These days there are so many other ways you are being tracked, cookies aren't even the major threat.

... and 13 personnel - 1 FAA tech to monitor your Remote ID signals and 12 FBI agents to swarm you to the ground.

https://www.thedroneu.com/ I used Drone U and saved a ton of money. You pay $57 a month. I paid for the first month, gained access to their entire suite of videos, tutorials, test prep guides, and webinars; studied for a month; took the test; then cancelled the membership. Total cost: $57...

This is representative of just one of the many reasons why I fled New York for the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire. The fact that NY calls itself the "Empire State" pretty much says it all.

That drone could be fife years old, and if the battery has been sitting uncharged since those first few flights it's probably a dud. Add the cost of two new batteries to your total acquisition cost.

Me too - Fitzwilliam. And yes, the scenery is spectacular. Ever in Keene? We three should meet over a cup of coffee sometime. I work part time at Keene State, and fly their drone under a part 107 waiver for atmospheric data collection. _JC_

https://www.openshot.org/ I use Open Shot, a free open source video editor that runs on Windows, Apple, Linux. For basic editing it's very easy to use. I produced my first drone video in an hour or so.

A really bad idea. That would place retailers in the position of enforcement agents for a federal bureaucracy, and saddles them with liability if they screw up. Should the retailer also be required to get picture ID to ensure that the buyer is the same person as the licensee? To ensure...

That's the Appalachian Trail, not the Boston Marathon!

Drone Deploy https://www.dronedeploy.com/pricing-v2.html at $150/month is pricey if all you want to do is map your back yard. Maps Made Easy, Maps Made Easy - Pay As You Go charges by the gigapixel and you can do a small project for beer money. I have used neither, and would be interested to...

Your photos are geolocated, that is, the embedded EXIF data in each shot contains the lat/lon of the drone where the pic was shot. Every pixel in a georeferenced GIS layer corresponds with a know point on the surface of the earth. Converting your geolocated photo into a georeferenced raster...

It almost looks like after you released the RTH that it attemped to go back and resume the mission from the last point attained.

What's the sound track song? Fun lyrics.