SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE AERIAL FLIGHT PLANNING AND IMAGE CAPTURING BASED ON STRUCTURE FOOTPRINTS

摘要

A system and method for flight planning for an unmanned aircraft. The system generates an aerial imagery map of a capture area and determines a footprint of a structure present in the capture area by marking the structure. The system determines a difference between a takeoff elevation of the unmanned aircraft and a predetermined elevation above a center of the structure and calibrates the difference between the takeoff elevation of the unmanned aircraft and the predetermined elevation above the center of the structure. The system determines, based on the calibration, a flight path elevation of the unmanned aircraft to capture images of the structure. The system generates a flight plan based on criteria for capturing the images of the structure and executes the flight plan.