Drone survey planner: flight height, spacing, depth error and checkpoint RMSE

Drone survey planner

Defaults are invented example values, not a product datasheet: sensor 13.2 x 8.8 mm, lens 8.8 mm, 5472 x 3648 pixels, 2 cm target GSD, 75% front and 60% side overlap, 8 m/s, shutter 1/1000 s, 0.5 pixel matching error, six invented checkpoint residuals. Idealised pinhole camera looking straight down over flat ground. A planning aid, not a flight plan.

Sensor width (mm)

Sensor height (mm)

Focal length (mm)

Image width (pixels)

Image height (pixels)

Target GSD (cm per pixel)

Front overlap, along the line (%)

Side overlap, between lines (%)

Ground speed (m/s)

Shutter speed, 1 divided by (whole number)

Matching error (pixels)

Long image side runs

Checkpoint height residuals in cm (product minus survey), one per line or separated by semicolons