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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    Advise for Google Earth Pro kml file. If I draw a polgon on GEP then save to DJI Pilot 2 as a kml file, then import as a Patrol Route it responds by asking to "create mapping area first" Whereas if I import the kmz as an Area Route there is no issue. I have changed the altitude properties in GEP...
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    Hello jaja6009, Patrol route. amys who responded with advice and lives not so ar from here is quite practised in the process. So thanks to you both. I am planning another survey and if we successfully capture the image of a koala I will most certainly post it.
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    Many thanks amys and jaja6009, we flew our first survey 19/11 and the Matrice 4T performed flawlessly but for one obstacle avoidance, the cause of which we have been unable to determine. Unfortunately no koalas presented themselves, however the thermal properties of the camera were excellent...
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    Hello amys, Thank you for the advice. I am in receipt of the document you have suggested and have used the parameters in that document. We have tested the Patrol Mission and have found that it is useful, however the IR is not sufficient to pick out a target later in the morning, but early on the...
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    We are currently using Area Mission to fly grid patterns over area of interest for koala activity. We fly at 2m/s utilising the IR camera to identif hot spots, and then zoom in with the camera to photograph the subject. However the cameras automatically take photographs automatically, either...
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    Many thanks for your response and advice jaja6009. Unfortunately the Australian rules do not permit flying at night with the RePL licences our members hold. To obtain a Beyond Visual Line of Sight licence is quite involved and too expensive for our members. My thoughts were to camp out in the...
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    Eurobodalla Koala Project

    We are a group of volunteers searching for Koala's, a native Australian mammal. We have been provided with a new DJI Matrice 4t, coutesy of a government grant. I am interested in any other group or person who has experience in setting up search patterns using thermal imaging to establish the...