Why does it matter?
Planning large projects with the WingtraOne involves various complexities, including multiple flight days, battery swaps, and take-off areas, which pose several challenges:
- monitoring multiple flight missions that may involve different pilots
- guaranteeing adequate overlap between various flight missions
- maintaining a clear line of sight from each designated take-off area
- optimizing each flight mission for both safety and image quality
How does WingtraCLOUD address these challenges?
Overview of Sites and Flight Plans
Within the WingtraCLOUD platform, users can access a comprehensive overview of all missions scheduled across multiple days. The extensive list of flight plans can be conveniently filtered by various criteria, including mission status, dates, assigned pilots, and the types of mapping sensors.
By selecting a specific flight plan, users can view essential details about the planned mission, including the mission's location, the number of areas to be covered, estimated flight duration, required battery sets, necessary memory space, and the expected number of photos to be captured.
From a project management perspective, the platform allows users to easily visualize how different flight days align by toggling additional flights on or off for the site. Each flight plan is represented on the map with an "F," enabling users to monitor the status of individual flights. This feature serves as a crucial reference point, guiding the project through various stages from initial planning to data processing.
Users can now easily visualize the overlap between adjacent flight areas, providing assurance that there will be no gaps in data collection when the entire project is processed and stitched together.
Colorization and Visualization Tools
From a flight safety perspective, colorizing flight lines by visual line of sight ensures users maintain full visibility of the aircraft throughout the mission. Additionally, the 3D tools allow users to inspect the area beneath the flight lines and confirm that no ground-based obstructions, such as buildings, could interfere with flights.
By color-coding the flight lines according to ground sampling distance (GSD), users can anticipate variations in GSD throughout the flight paths. Transitioning to the 3D view allows users to identify factors that influence the consistency of spatial resolution and provides insights on achieving uniform GSD by adjusting the flight direction.
Sharing and Annotations
Collaborative tools facilitate the ability to add annotations and share resources, enhancing communication and fostering collaboration between project managers, planners, and field personnel involved in aerial data collection.
