DJI Mapper - A software to make mapping DJI & Litchi Waypoint Missions

[Yaros]

Recently I've been working on a software to create Mapping/Surveying missions for DJI Drones that support Waypoints (DJI Air 3, Mini 4 Pro, Mavic 3, etc...) with straight lines!
Soon I'll add Litchi support, but for now it's for the DJI Fly app!

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If you want to download it and try it, it is free and open source on GitHub:

GitHub - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper: A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones

A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper

github.com

Soon I will also host a web version.

If you try it, please let me know how it works for you, and which drone you used to test it
Any suggestions/improvements are welcome!

 

[PepperBird]

How is it loaded to the RC?

 

[millbah]

Apk looks interesting, especially if I can use it with my Mavic 3. I bought it on the expectation that dji would release a sdk, but was betrayed on that one.
So I had to then buy the Air2, dronelink & Maven to do mapping & site videos. I will take a look, but it may be difficult to move away from Dronelink as it does things just right for me on the mapping side of things.

 

[Aaron24]

This looks pretty interesting. Looking forested to seeing how it evolves.

 

[inzagi Minero]

Wow that's great

 

[smbishop]

This looks great, thanks for sharing!

 

[Yaros]

How is it loaded to the RC?

Instructions can be found here:

Waypoints how to Back-Up Export & Import

Hi below are 3 methods to Back-Up Export or Import Mavic 3 WP Missions. All methods below have been tested and work with the following devices iPhone 13 / iPad Mini 6 / Macbook / DJI RC Will probably work with Android devices please lets me know .... enjoy...

mavicpilots.com

 

[Felix le Chat]

Recently I've been working on a software to create Mapping/Surveying missions for DJI Drones that support Waypoints (DJI Air 3, Mini 4 Pro, Mavic 3, etc...) with straight lines!
Soon I'll add Litchi support, but for now it's for the DJI Fly app!

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If you want to download it and try it, it is free and open source on GitHub:

GitHub - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper: A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones

A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper

github.com

Soon I will also host a web version.

If you try it, please let me know how it works for you, and which drone you used to test it
Any suggestions/improvements are welcome!

Does it support the older Mavic 2's which also feature waypoints?

 

[Yaros]

Does it support the older Mavic 2's which also feature waypoints?

I do not own any DJI Go4 drones. However you can try and tell me if it works. It might that DJI uses the same format.

 

[TinajaEco]

If you could make this so I can fly a non-enterprise DJI drone directly to a UTM coordinate, without it being a nightmare to upload/manage in the field, I’d buy it.

 

[anotherlab]

How is it loaded to the RC?

It's probably similar to what was described in this post Waypoints how to Back-Up Export & Import

 

[anotherlab]

Recently I've been working on a software to create Mapping/Surveying missions for DJI Drones that support Waypoints (DJI Air 3, Mini 4 Pro, Mavic 3, etc...) with straight lines!
Soon I'll add Litchi support, but for now it's for the DJI Fly app!

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If you want to download it and try it, it is free and open source on GitHub:

GitHub - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper: A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones

A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper

github.com

Soon I will also host a web version.

If you try it, please let me know how it works for you, and which drone you used to test it
Any suggestions/improvements are welcome!

Very nice. How was the experience with working with Flutter?

 

[Lipofskyphotodotcom]

Recently I've been working on a software to create Mapping/Surveying missions for DJI Drones that support Waypoints (DJI Air 3, Mini 4 Pro, Mavic 3, etc...) with straight lines!
Soon I'll add Litchi support, but for now it's for the DJI Fly app!

View attachment 176268View attachment 176269\

If you want to download it and try it, it is free and open source on GitHub:

GitHub - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper: A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones

A cross-platform tool to create automatic Survey/Photogrammetry missions for DJI Drones - YarosMallorca/DJI-Mapper

github.com

Soon I will also host a web version.

If you try it, please let me know how it works for you, and which drone you used to test it
Any suggestions/improvements are welcome!

Thanks for doing this.

One of the things that I want to do but can't find a simple solution is just to shoot a ground panorama of a given area automatically and stitch the photos together in Lightroom.

Will your software do that? I know the drone deploy will create a 3D model, but I don't need to take that many photos as all I want to do is create a 2d panorama.

 

[Yaros]

Will your software do that?

My software will allow to take the photos, but won't stitch them. For stitching, I recommend using WebODM, there you just select the Orthophoto preset, upload the photos, and it gives you a GeoTIFF or PNG file.

 

[Yaros]

How was the experience with working with Flutter?

Really good, I'm actually a mobile developer, so this is far not my first time working with Flutter, I find the developer experience better than using React Native.

 

[Lipofskyphotodotcom]

My software will allow to take the photos, but won't stitch them. For stitching, I recommend using WebODM, there you just select the Orthophoto preset, upload the photos, and it gives you a GeoTIFF or PNG file.

Thanks! I use Lightroom, which works well.

So, your software will allow me to plot a route over a ground area and automatically shoot a series of photos suitable to create a panoramic photo of the ground?

 

[JustJohn]

@Yaros I just stumbled across this post! This is amazing. I havn't had time to try it and fly a mission but I am hopeful this will be what I am looking for.
I just had a couple of questions:
1. Does this automatically add actions/camera activations or do I need to enable timed shots?

2. I see the website is active. Is there a difference between using the web app vs running the app?

3. Do you have any instrutional videos? Most of the settings I understand but a few I don't. ie Rotation and delay at waypoint

4. Any plans to add POI or the ability to circle a point with the camer at 45° for 3d modles.

Again great work! I will be trying this out soon and have some feed back for you.

I have an Air3

 

[Yaros]

So, your software will allow me to plot a route over a ground area and automatically shoot a series of photos suitable to create a panoramic photo of the ground?

Yes, correct.

 

[Yaros]

1. Does this automatically add actions/camera activations or do I need to enable timed shots?

It does automatically include the actions, so you don't need to do anything during the mission.

2. Is there a difference between using the web app vs running the app?

Currently, no, there is no difference. The output is the same.
I support both versions of the software because I know some people prefer app to website and vise versa. Actually, both versions are compiled from the same codebase, and there are not different in any way.

3. Do you have any instrutional videos? Most of the settings I understand but a few I don't. ie Rotation and delay at waypoint

Not at the moment, however I plan to make a video in the future and post a detailed wiki/docs on the GitHub page in the future.
- "rotation" refers to the way how the mission is laid out on the map. You can change that value and you'll see the visual representation update.

- delay at waypoint is how much time the drone will wait when it arrives at the waypoint, this might be useful in some occasions (like when using the zoom lens or slow shutter speed) to avoid blurry photos, but for most cases, leaving this at 0 is recommended.

4. Any plans to add POI or the ability to circle a point with the camer at 45° for 3d modles.

That would be interesting, thanks for the idea. I will have to look into that, if you could send me a direct message explaining how you would like that feature to work, I might implement it in my free time.

Again great work! I will be trying this out soon and have some feed back for you.

Thank you Also thanks for testing!

 

[scwbtu]

This software work very well using DJI Air 3. However, due to the DJI fly software limitation, we can only set maximum 99 waypoint, anything more than that will crash the DJI fly app. This become difficult as we need to set multiple fly trip with max 99 way point. I would like to suggest below:
1. Enable the option to use 3x zoom lens, to enable Air 3 to fly higher and still take a close up photo, thus prevent the head on with communication tower and tree.
2. To prevent the error due to 99 point max waypoint number error, auto divide the waypoint flight into two or more flight kmz files.
3. Another option to prevent 99 point max waypoint number error, just set the flight with way point at turning point, and let user set auto capture at 3s interval manually to cover larger area in single flight.