Getting Started - 3 - Mapping Missions - Create mapping mission plans from a template

Learn how to create a simple mapping mission plan from a template using the Mission Planner, edit key settings, and preview it in 3D before flying it in the field.

Use the Create menu in the Dronelink Mission Planner to create a mapping mission. Edit the map boundary, starting point, configure the camera, altitude and camera overlap settings. View how to edit advanced settings, including flying a grid crosshatch map with oblique gimbal pitch, or enabling terrain follow. Before flying the mission, preview the mission in 3D, review the mission estimate including the flight time, and photo count, and fly the mission with a virtual drone using the mission preview.
Open the map mission in the Dronelink app and fly it. Pause and resume the mission at any point, or after battery swap.

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00:00 - Select Map from Create menu and place at a location
00:26 - Basic mission plan settings
00:45 - Move take-off location pin
01:00 - Adjust map boundary and direction
01:12 - Continue editing on mobile app - synchronized mission plans
01:50 - Edit drone camera being used
02:04 - Edit map altitude and overlaps
02:18 - Change map start location
02:28 - Edit advanced map settings
02:44 - Grid crosshatch pattern, oblique gimbal pitch
03:10 - 3D Preview and Mission Estimate - flight time and photo count
03:33 - Mission Preview timeline and capture markers
04:10 - Connect drone, open Dronelink and load mission
04:31 - Start mission, pausing and resuming
05:15 - Battery swap, RTH and resume mission
06:40 - Enable terrain follow, above ground level (AGL) altitude reference
07:02 - Restricted take-off zone