Not all drones are bad - Aerial Photography

[Goblor]

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I wanted to share one of the new capabilities I've been working towards with the aerial photography: Creating composite images of a larger area in order to document changes over time, be it vegetation, construction, erosion or landscape. For this test I manually flew the UAV and took photos. The next step will be to pre-load a waypoint mission and have the UAV autonomously fly transects while I control the camera and take the photos that will be used to create the larger composite image.

In the following example each composite image was created from between 15 and 20 images taken from approximately 40 meters in the air with the camera pointed strait down. In the following images you can see the multi-photo, pre-cropped composite and the cropped composite for comparison.

Precrop of development/desert destruction:


Postcrop:


Precrop of creek-bed and social trails:


Postcrop:

[tazkcmo]

1. Nice work.

Look forward to your results as you progress!

[Goblor]

2. Thanks!

The technology, in the right hands (not just my own), is a great thing! Especially when it helps sustain life rather than killing it...

[oldandhappy]

3. Well done. Fascinating.

Congratulations re your learning and application. Please keep us up to date on your work.

[Goblor]

4. Will do!

Continued volunteer work with Audubon and this technology is next ...

[hunter]

5. This is a very good application for this technology.

Watch out for hawks!

[lonestarnot]

8. Dat ting got his blood a boil'n!

[progressoid]

6. What equipment are you using?

[blondie58]

7. Good job!

How fun! Can't wait to see
More. 😼

[lunatica]

9. Drones lift fieldwork to a whole new level don't they?!

I'm glad this thread made it to the Home page because I would have never seen your work otherwise. I clicked on your profile and looked at your other photo fieldwork. Thanks for sharing this!

[Mosby]

10. steering is a good feature

Though it lacks the magic of this type of video: