GPS Stake Out, Contours, Ground Control Points for Drone Imagery | GPS Mapping Guide

[@ahbuildingafarm]

Can you clarify. Once you located the starting pin, and save that point into your GPS unit (which model exactly?). How do you navigate to the next pint per the deed? If the next point is 200.45ft North 2.34 degrees. Do you program in 200.45ft N2.34 or do you need to do Lat and long calculations and program that into GPS unit? Or is there software on your phone tied to GPS you input the next leg to navigate to?

[@MosesGreen-e6c]

what programs do you all use to create your maps and photogrammetry processing ?

[@BadElfLLC]

Hi @MosesGreen-6c ! Thanks for watching. Civil3D and ArcGIS Pro were used to digitize all of the original site and septic plans that were obtained from the county clerk of Medina County. Apglos Survey Wizard was used to collect the GPS data in the field for its ability to record observations natively in a local state plane coordinate system and export directly to a .dxf Pix4D was our choice of software for collecting and processing all of the drone data. Finally, civil 3D was used to create the final maps. This process included surface creation from the point cloud shot by the drone. We were also able to shoot topographic check points & Ground Control Points that we used to Geo reference and Q/C the surface created by the drone. Thanks again for your question. If you would like to have a more intimate conversation about mapping techniques and technology then please reach out to the Bad Elf Geospatial Enablement Team at [e-mail] ! Have a great weekend. 🙌