Is there a way to plan several missions before heading out?

Flight - Discussion and Q&A
1

I would like to do quite a few acres (1,500?) next week. Most fields are more than 130 acres (looking at corn and sorghum fields) so I’ll have to do 2 or 3 flights per field at the least.

I would like to plan missions ahead of time to make the most efficient use of batteries and my time.

I envision logging on to DroneDeploy on my laptop, planning 3 or so missions for a field and then naming them like so:

Field 1 a
Field 1 b
Field 1 c

Field 2 a
Field 2 b
Field 3 b

etc etc

In this way I can open the DD app on the Tab, load the correct mission, let it fly and not have to guess making sure I have created enough overlap between two missions so that they can be stitched together.

Is this possible? I can’t seem to figure out how to plan new missions on the laptop. It wants me to select a UAV but there are none to select.

I’m sure this process will be rendered useless when we can continue missions after a battery change on large areas, but for now it would be quite handy.

2

We have been working on this exact thing the past few weeks. The new DJI firmware delayed us about 2 weeks. We are going out to test the first version of this at burning man. Hope to finish the beta version for users next week.

3

Ok, thanks. So that means for right now, I need to just create my plan on the DD app right before I fly and do my best to make sure there is enough overlap so you can stitch flights together for me?

How much overlap is enough for crop scouting? Thanks.

4

60-70% of the neighboring polygons would be safe. We do pick up a bit of area outside the polygon though so less might work too.
Sorry for the trouble with continue mission.