Creating 3D Models of Cell Towers With Evo 2

[GunnerBAC]

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Very cool! I'd love to do something similar. Do you use the Evo 2 for all of that work that's listed on your site or do you switch to other drones for some of it?

 

[jmason702]

This Map was done with EVO, with ground control points and it is survey-grade accurate. So was the other one I posted.

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[jmason702]

I use EVO PRO 2 for prolly 70% of my work, and the Phantom Pro 4 V2 for the rest

 

[GunnerBAC]

I use EVO PRO 2 for prolly 70% of my work, and the Phantom Pro 4 V2 for the rest

Can I ask you what you don't use the Evo 2 for and why?

 

[jmason702]

Also, what software is this in?

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[jmason702]

The Evo has a better camera, true 20 MP, Phantom is 18 MP. Fly Evo around 8 to 10 mph. With the P4P you can fly a Lil faster because of the mechanical shutter. So for bigger sites, the P4P can get it done faster and Drone Deploy can fly the P4P and gives you Terrian follow. I did a 180-acre site that had a 100' elevation change. I flew the site stating at 150' AGL, without Terrian follow, I would have been at 50' AGL at another end of the site.
These are a couple reasons

 

[jmason702]

The Evo has a better camera, true 20 MP, Phantom is 18 MP. Fly Evo around 8 to 10 mph. With the P4P you can fly a Lil faster because of the mechanical shutter. So for bigger sites, the P4P can get it done faster and Drone Deploy can fly the P4P and gives you Terrian follow. I did a 180-acre site that had a 100' elevation change. I flew the site stating at 150' AGL, without Terrian follow, I would have been at 50' AGL at another end of the site.
These are a couple reasons

It takes some time to learn how to map properly, then you get into survey-grade mapping, a whole new level of mapping... Just do your homework and over time you will get there, we all are still learning

 

[GunnerBAC]

The Evo has a better camera, true 20 MP, Phantom is 18 MP. Fly Evo around 8 to 10 mph. With the P4P you can fly a Lil faster because of the mechanical shutter. So for bigger sites, the P4P can get it done faster and Drone Deploy can fly the P4P and gives you Terrian follow. I did a 180-acre site that had a 100' elevation change. I flew the site stating at 150' AGL, without Terrian follow, I would have been at 50' AGL at another end of the site.
These are a couple reasons

Interesting. So, I guess I would have to adjust the height of the drone to the terrain manually while it's flying it's course or I guess I could set it to fly at different heights at different waypoints based on the terrain.

 

[GunnerBAC]

It takes some time to learn how to map properly, then you get into survey-grade mapping, a whole new level of mapping... Just do your homework and over time you will get there, we all are still learning

Thank you man! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this stuff to me!

 

[jmason702]

I don't think the Autel explore app has Terrian follow yet? anyone correct me if I am wrong. But I really like the mapping feature Autel has put in their software.