4.2 Preparing the eBee RTK for flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.3 The setup phase of a flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.4 Take-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5 In-flight monitoring and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.6 Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.7 Potential in-flight errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5 Processing image data 61
5.1 High precision geotagging with the eBee RTK . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.2 Importing images and flight data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.3 In-field image quality check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.4 Creating advanced mapping products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.5 Transforming coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
II Advanced functionalities 71
6 Understanding aerial mapping with the eBee RTK 72
6.1 Waypoints and their properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2 Advanced polygonal mission area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3 3D mission planning using elevation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.4 Flight visualization in Google Earth
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.5 Autonomous controller and modes of flight . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.6 Linear landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6.7 Flying multiple drones at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.8 Individual photo targets and oblique imagery . . . . . . . . . . 97
6.9 Emergency Manoeuvres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99