Advanced Polygonal Mission Area - senseFly EBEE RTK Extended User Manual

6.2 Advanced polygonal mission area

The mission area defines the area of interest where the eBee RTK will take pho-
tos. It appears as a grey rectangle when you select the 'Mission planning' tab and
to calculate the flight plan of the drone. For many cases the rectangular-shaped
mission area provides the simplest way to quickly create a flight plan. It can be
modified as described in section 'The mission phase of a flight' on page 26.
For more complex areas eMotion has the option of using polygonal-shaped mis-
sions areas. Begin by converting a rectangular area into a polygonal area by set-
ting the 'Mission area' type to 'Polygonal' in the 'Mission planning' tab or by right-
clicking on the area and selecting 'Convert to polygon' .
A polygonal mission area is set slightly differently than a rectangular mission area:
• The edges of the rectangle now become vertices of the polygon. Left-click
on a vertex to drag and reposition the vertex.
• Left-click and drag anywhere on the edge of the polygon to create a new
vertex and reposition it.
• Right-click on vertex and select 'Remove vertex' to remove a vertex. Alter-
natively, hold down the 'Ctrl' button and left-click on a vertex to remove
it.
• Left-click and drag on the dark-grey area within the polygon to reposition
the entire polygon.
• Left-click and drag the circle on the corner of the light-grey rectangle sur-
rounding the polygon to rotate the direction of the resulting flight lines.
You may also set a polygonal mission area directly from a KML file containing a
polygon, such as those created by Google Earth
the 'Mission planning' tab, select 'Load mission area from KML file' and choose a
KML file that contains the desired polygon.
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