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<blockquote data-quote="mick92780" data-source="post: 46549" data-attributes="member: 1081"><p>I use Autopilot for waypoints and I love it. I REALLY like being able to create the waypoints in Google Earth Pro on the PC with a big ol' monitor and then export that to the iPhone 8 Plus that I fly from. It just feels roomier than creating a mission on the iPhone.</p><p></p><p>I wrote up a HOW-TO <a href="https://sparkpilots.zone/threads/spark-autopilot-waypoint-mission-created-in-google-earth-pro-wow.2332/" target="_blank">here</a></p><p></p><p>A few caveats:</p><p>1. - You can create the waypoints on Google Earth Pro, but not things like Subject Focus, meaning what the drone's camera will point at during the mission.</p><p>2. - It will not import altitude information from the waypoints you create in Google Earth Pro. You'll adjust the altitude for either the mission as a whole or the individual legs, inside of Autopilot after the import.</p><p>3. - When you import the mission into Autopilot, it has the mission layout backward, so what you've labeled waypoints 1 through 10, for example, will show up as 10 through 1. Very easy fix, pointed out by user 'scoobi' - "You can easily reverse waypoints order, tap on the Waypoint Reference icon once (orange teardrop icon with three other teardrops in the middle of it). Then tap on the bubble "Tap for options.” A pop-up will appear: select "Reverse Waypoints.” Et voilà!"</p><p></p><p>I will not tell you that Autopilot is easy or intuitive. But the time you spend in its Flight School learning how to take advantage of what it can do will open up a whole new world of cinematic possibilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mick92780, post: 46549, member: 1081"] I use Autopilot for waypoints and I love it. I REALLY like being able to create the waypoints in Google Earth Pro on the PC with a big ol' monitor and then export that to the iPhone 8 Plus that I fly from. It just feels roomier than creating a mission on the iPhone. I wrote up a HOW-TO [URL='https://sparkpilots.zone/threads/spark-autopilot-waypoint-mission-created-in-google-earth-pro-wow.2332/']here[/URL] A few caveats: 1. - You can create the waypoints on Google Earth Pro, but not things like Subject Focus, meaning what the drone's camera will point at during the mission. 2. - It will not import altitude information from the waypoints you create in Google Earth Pro. You'll adjust the altitude for either the mission as a whole or the individual legs, inside of Autopilot after the import. 3. - When you import the mission into Autopilot, it has the mission layout backward, so what you've labeled waypoints 1 through 10, for example, will show up as 10 through 1. Very easy fix, pointed out by user 'scoobi' - "You can easily reverse waypoints order, tap on the Waypoint Reference icon once (orange teardrop icon with three other teardrops in the middle of it). Then tap on the bubble "Tap for options.” A pop-up will appear: select "Reverse Waypoints.” Et voilà!" I will not tell you that Autopilot is easy or intuitive. But the time you spend in its Flight School learning how to take advantage of what it can do will open up a whole new world of cinematic possibilities. [/QUOTE]
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