A question about GPS waypoints ( newbie question so please bear with me)

[Quebecnewf]

Is there a way to hover over a small location and get a GPS location from the drone on that spot to input into another nav program letting you hike to that precise spot ?

Sorry if this is a dumb question

Quebecnewf

 

[brett8883]

Is there a way to hover over a small location and get a GPS location from the drone on that spot to input into another nav program letting you hike to that precise spot ?

Sorry if this is a dumb question

Quebecnewf

It’s not a dumb question. In Litchi(an invaluable program for lots of reasons) has an option to show the coordinates of the current position directly on the HUD in the live view screen. DJI Go 4 doesn’t have this ability.

 

[sar104]

Or just take a photo - the coordinates will then be in the EXIF data.

 

[Starz]

Anything here?

Longitude and latitude

I just recently purchased a Mavic 2 Pro and want to know how to send the drone to a specific location of GPS coordinates. Is this even possible using just the DJI Go 4? Thanks

mavicpilots.com

 

[Quebecnewf]

It’s not a dumb question. In Litchi(an invaluable program for lots of reasons) has an option to show the coordinates of the current position directly on the HUD in the live view screen. DJI Go 4 doesn’t have this ability.

So the Litchi app replaces the DJI app?

 

[Starz]

So the Litchi app replaces the DJI app?

It’s just another app that you can use. More features that the Go4.

 

[brett8883]

So the Litchi app replaces the DJI app?

Yes you would use it instead of the DJI Go 4 app. I would still have DJI Go 4 app installed on the device as there are some functions available in DJI Go 4 not available in Litchi but that list continues to shrink and there are more functions available in Litchi not available in DJI Go 4.

Think of it as supplementary to DJI Go 4 rather than an outright replacement but you can only use one app at a time

 

[Quebecnewf]

Or just take a photo - the coordinates will then be in the EXIF data.

Can you explain this a little further? If i hover over spot take pic then look at pic there will be lat long info attached?

 

[brett8883]

Can you explain this a little further? If i hover over spot take pic then look at pic there will be lat long info attached?

What he means is that location data is saved to the metadata of photos taken with the Mavic so you can open the photo in a metadata viewer to get the coordinates and elevation data. I took this picture some time ago and opened in a metadata viewer app to get the Mavic’s location at the time of the photo
I suppose the added advantage to this other than being free is that you can copy and paste the coordinates instead of manually transferring the coordinates of the nav app you want to use is on the same device. You can also wait till the Mavic has returned to you before retrieving the coordinates instead of trying to multi task while in the air