Basic Orthomosaic Mapping
Aerial photography has always been an important tool in giving us a different perspective on areas of interest. Aerial photography has previously been done with aeroplanes or helicopters, and more recently with tools such as Google Maps. However each of these methods has both their advantages and disadvantages. Helicopters and aeroplanes are expensive pieces of hardware and require pilots with specialised skills and therefore the cost of aerial photography is high, and with Google Maps the satellite photography is often not recent.
Drones provide a really strong alternative for 2D aerial maps, often also called orthomosaics. Due to the andvances in software the aerial photography can be automated, using drones that are realtively cheap and can be deployed in almost any environment. The are particularly useful as they allow us to quickly get up to date information and maps in and emergency where the situation is often changing quickly.
Drones provide a really strong alternative for 2D aerial maps, often also called orthomosaics. Due to the andvances in software the aerial photography can be automated, using drones that are realtively cheap and can be deployed in almost any environment. The are particularly useful as they allow us to quickly get up to date information and maps in and emergency where the situation is often changing quickly.
Drone in a search and rescue type situation, drone orthomosaics can help in locating a missing person, especially when thermal cameras are attached. They can also identify hazards and access tracks that will give emergency services the information they need to access the person at risk.
In this task you are going to use the Robomaster TT drone to create an orthomosaic map of a given area. Thiis will involve taking an number of photos of a given area and stitching them together into an accurate map. As the drone only has a forwards facing camera you will need to design a way to turn the fowards facing camera into a downwards facing camera