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I don't know what to call this thing but it might have a short life. Don't love SmartDrone RTK but I can't think of what else to call it
SmartDrone is an interim, limited application designed to quickly create a UAV GCP workflow using the SmartGrade app. I've been using SmartGrade to prep UAV sites for a year and only use a limited set of functionality to do so. Ideally in the long term we figure out how to role this into SmartDirt RTK but the interface challenges are different and Smartgrade has a decent, no compromise workflow now that works well for GCPs. Based on this I'll evolve the SmartDirt RTK interface in the future but this will likely give us a quick win.
Basics versus SmartGrade
SmartDrone strips a lot of modes (Stake, Progress Topo, measure/stockpile). This simplifies the dataflow. The path looks like this:
Start
- Start Program, login, get key (key to SmartDirt for now)
- On the file screen you can choose a file, go to Access for a file, or select New (removing measure option)
New
- Select New from File menu
- Create Benchmarks/GCPs for at least two points. LL is put on points. Move create benchmarks up in order to toolbar (over 3D) (First version is an arbitrary system for prototype. We really want this to transform to State Planes after the second benchmark is set.)
- Add a Set Elevation to the menu. Set Elevation will change all values in the file.
Selecting file
Drop
Mode display in upper window Line Labels display Labeling other than GCP/Benchmarks
