Terrain mapping

[ivconic]

I just got myself a used DJI Mavic M1P drone. In mint condition.
I'm a total newbie at this stuff. A few years ago I had some cheap toy drone, it cost 70-80e then, it had no camera and none of the advanced options. It was a total disappointment.
After I broke all the glass around the house with it... I gave up and sold it. However, technology has advanced, today all this is a different story.
The Mavic "drives itself"... it has stabilization, a very good camera, and is quite automated and stable.
The idea is to practice handling well first and get used to it. And then to try to add whatever I need to it so that I can map sites and terrains with it.
I live in a hilly and wooded area, things are much better seen from a height. I thought of combining this technology with our hobby.
Does anyone have specific experiences?

[Xtrem]

I think it is a very useful tool for the researcher,
especially when combined with a LIDAR head,
and the appropriate software,

https://www.flyability.com/

I have no personal experience.but it is among my future ambitions.

[ivconic]

That's $35-$60k !!!
I have found affordable Lidar for ~ 800 euros.
But the whole story in amateur arrangement is a long shot.
Lot of things to check and consider before throwing money.

[ivconic]

I just destroyed a pair of propellers on a Mavic!
Ha, ha, ha!
Luckily I have spares.
I tried to fly in a room, where there is no GPS signal, this is the reason for the terrible plane crash!
Interestingly, the drone itself is without a scratch, indestructible, kudos to how they made it!
One of the propellers hit me in the chest, I'm bruised and I feel knocked out!

[ivconic]

After a chest contusion, probably a broken rib, today's technical knockout by the drone, today also scattered propellers all over the forest... the drone and I finally managed to come to an agreement!

[Carl-NC]

Is that your house?

[ivconic]

Yes. Me in a red shirt in front of it.
...
Watching the video in the post is 360p and when watching directly on Youtube it is 4K.
It turned out sensationally well, I didn't expect such a good shot.

[Riss]

Congratulations, great investment ! I would definitely take a walk to the hills in the distance (2 min and 3 sec. of the video). The most useful processing of video information is viewing from a great distance and smoothly transitioning to a close-up view. For beginner operators in Bulgaria there is a limit of 120m of drone flying height, how is it in Serbia?

[ivconic]

Honestly... I don't know, I didn't ask.
I live in such a place that I don't really care...
My intention is to use it mostly in the wild, far outside of populated areas.
Yes, I discovered a prehistoric site about 200m above my house, apparently there was a prehistoric "Celtic" camp there.
By the way... I walked a few kilometers around the house, all with the detector.
There were a lot of "accidental" finds from various periods.
This video was taken from a height of about 270m.
The radius of movement of this Mavic model is 7km.
More than my needs, certainly.

[ivconic]

Exactly opposite my location, about 10 km in a straight line, at the foot of the mystical mountain "Rtanj"
(UFO sitings, Nikola Tesla related urban legends, etc.) is the village of Vrmdža...
Petar is a graduate archaeologist, the son of my very good and unfortunately deceased friend who persistently used 1265 for 18 years and had an unprecedented number of good finds with it.
Eh... we are leaving slowly and only stories remain behind us...
...
Ha, ha, ha!
At 11:40 in the video shows "Latin grad", the site where once upon a time the police picked up me and a couple of colleagues while
Peter's father successfully hid in the bushes and they didn't find him!
Later he mocked us for months!