Quick Surveying Assistant - Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual

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Quick Surveying Assistant

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Pushing ENT in the Main Screen opens the screen to the left.
Use the arrow RIGHT/LEFT button to select
An introduction screen is opened, explaining the commands to navigate the
menu.
Pushing ENT opens the next screen.
Pushing ESC brings you back to the previous screen.
Use the arrow LEFT/RIGHT button to increase or decrease values.
Define the direction in which the Intel Falcon 8+ UAV
At the end of line:
turns after completing the first line of images.
Use the arrow RIGHT/LEFT button to select
push ENT. The next screen opens.
: Define the percentage of image overlap in the direction of
Inline Overlap
flight (along track).
: Define the percentage of image overlap between the lines
Side Overlap
(cross track).
Select camera/lens combination attached to the Intel Falcon 8+
Select Cam:
UAV. The most commonly used cameras are available as a preset.
shows the angle of the Field Of View. 
FOV:
shows the resolution of the single picture in pixels.
RES:
The convention is to describe the pixel resolution with the set of two positive
integer numbers, where the first number is the number of pixel columns
(width), and the second is the number of pixel rows (height), for example as
7680 by 6876.
If your camera is not available as a preset, chose one from the list, which
matches the resolution and field of view.
: Define the required ground sample distance
Ground Sampling Dist.
(GSD). The resulting flight altitude (Height) is calculated and shown above the
value of the GSD.
: Define the speed with which the mapping flight shall be
Speed in m/s
performed (1 m/s – 10 m/s).
When setting the speed, always make sure that the camera has sufficient time
in between waypoints. The time required by the camera to reliably trigger and
store all images of a waypoint flight, depends on:
• Image resolution: The higher the resolution, the more data has to be
processed and stored.
• File format and image quality: RAW images contain the most information
and are the largest files, high quality settings will need more time during
JPEG compression and more space to store.
• Writing speed of the SD card: If the card is too slow, this will slow down
the saving process.
• Image content: Motives with complex structures (i.e. meadows, forest) will
need more time and space during JPEG compression than plain and simple
motives (i.e. roads, flat unstructured surfaces).
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