Mavic Air Cripple Geotag update !

autoperformance · May 22, 2018

Somebody have a date release for the new sdk for the geotag precision problem with Mavic Air.

djiboi · May 22, 2018

Is there a problem?

autoperformance · May 22, 2018

djiboi said:
Is there a problem?

Yes ! It's why mapping is not possible for now with dronedeploy. The log in the drone have good precision but dji don't tag this whole precise tag on the picture detail.

djiboi · May 22, 2018

This is an example from one of my pictures, is this not precise enough?

53°33'43.002" N 0°41'19.001" W

autoperformance · May 22, 2018

djiboi said:
This is an example from one of my pictures, is this not precise enough?

53°33'43.002" N 0°41'19.001" W

Go there and read [emoji6]

autoperformance · May 22, 2018

Nobody have info for next update release.

djiboi · May 22, 2018

How accurate does it need to be? DMS seems a pretty standard measurement. Seconds are to 3 decimal places.

autoperformance · May 29, 2018

djiboi said:
How accurate does it need to be? DMS seems a pretty standard measurement. Seconds are to 3 decimal places.

Like the mavic pro

autoperformance · May 29, 2018

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autoperformance · Jun 5, 2018

No news about the new sdk release ?

ApeXFPV · Jun 6, 2018

autoperformance said:
Somebody have a date release for the new sdk for the geotag precision problem with Mavic Air.

I've had a support request open for days, no response from DJI yet...

autoperformance · Jun 6, 2018

ApeXFPV said:
I've had a support request open for days, no response from DJI yet...

Not a good service !

autoperformance · Jun 8, 2018

ApeXFPV said:
I've had a support request open for days, no response from DJI yet...

Did you receive some news from DJI ?

ApeXFPV · Jun 8, 2018

autoperformance said:
Did you receive some news from DJI ?

Nope, tumbleweed...

ApeXFPV · Jun 10, 2018

Today I had a response suggesting I use a different EXIF viewer, which I tried... Sadly the missing GPS data did not reappear...

Here's the data from some images...

autoperformance · Jun 14, 2018

ApeXFPV said:
Today I had a response suggesting I use a different EXIF viewer, which I tried... Sadly the missing GPS data did not reappear...

Here's the data from some images...

Could you give more explanation ? I use agisoft for ortho and when I try to assemble multi picture, everything everything is offset. So I need to put ground pts. I don't really understand....[emoji30]

ApeXFPV · Jun 14, 2018

Had a response today which follows;

"The default design of mavic air is that it is not recorded the fractional seconds on the GPS coordinates in the photo information.

The future firmware version will be optimized this concern. Please keep eyes on it. [sic]"

So if I understand correctly... Some future release 'may' fix this issue, in the mean time, if you need precise GPS for stuff like ortho's, DO NOT use a Mavic Air.

autoperformance · Jun 14, 2018

ApeXFPV said:
Had a response today which follows;

"The default design of mavic air is that it is not recorded the fractional seconds on the GPS coordinates in the photo information.

The future firmware version will be optimized this concern. Please keep eyes on it. [sic]"

So if I understand correctly... Some future release 'may' fix this issue, in the mean time, if you need precise GPS for stuff like ortho's, DO NOT use a Mavic Air.

It's a good news! I think the mavic air will be the next "Mavic Pro" until the next Pro 2. Build like a tank, Very compact, better camera and all the safety around the fly help is very superior. Just what I think. The pressure about this problem from the customers will be hard to ignore. It's only to copy the integrity of the gps coordinates. Because the mavic air is very precise... able to land almost at the same place from the launch.

ApeXFPV · Jun 14, 2018

autoperformance said:
It's a good news! I think the mavic air will be the next "Mavic Pro" until the next Pro 2. Build like a tank, Very compact, better camera and all the safety around the fly help is very superior. Just what I think. The pressure about this problem from the customers will be hard to ignore. It's only to copy the integrity of the gps coordinates. Because the mavic air is very precise... able to land almost at the same place from the launch.

Agree with you, however...

I do feel let down by DJI - if I had known before buying that that the Mavic Air is no good for mapping photography where the GPS stuff that's missing from the Air matters, I would have bought a mavic Pro at that point... Now I can't use the Air for (My) intended purpose... Or as a backup. I hope this is fixed soon.

djiboi · Jun 16, 2018

autoperformance said:
It's a good news! I think the mavic air will be the next "Mavic Pro" until the next Pro 2. Build like a tank, Very compact, better camera and all the safety around the fly help is very superior. Just what I think. The pressure about this problem from the customers will be hard to ignore. It's only to copy the integrity of the gps coordinates. Because the mavic air is very precise... able to land almost at the same place from the launch.

It uses its vision system to land precisely, not GPS