Expert Tips for Building Accurate Drone Maps and Models

Today's question is about ground truthing your drone maps.

Our caller, Jon from Arizona is a new ADU listener who is learning the nuances of drone mapping. Jon's question today is about ground truthing. How can you ground truth if you are using a drone like Phantom 4 RTK which relies on a NTrip network? Will your mapping accuracy go down if your NTrip network is not stable?

Additionally, we also discuss the best fixed-wing options and workflow for mapping really large tracts of land. Thanks for the great question, Jon. Fly Safe!

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Timestamps

[00:59] - Today's question is about ground truthing drone mapping

[05:04] - How can you ground truth your ground control points if you are using a P4P RTK?

[07:40] - How can Drone U help you create accurate drone maps and models?

[09:05] - Which is the best fixed drone for mapping really large areas?

[10:00] - What are some difficulties that you will encounter when you attempt to map really large areas?

[10:39] - How drone mapping is helping us tackle serious environmental problems

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