Flight Parameter Calculator

Compute altitude, speed, trigger interval, line spacing, and area coverage for photogrammetry mapping missions.

Drone & Camera

Drone preset

Image width (px)

Image height (px)

Sensor width (mm)

Sensor height (mm)

Focal length (mm, actual - not 35 mm equiv.)

Specifications from DroneCompare (CC-BY-4.0).

Mission Parameters

Ground sample distance 3.0 cm/px

0.551020 cm/px

Side overlap 75%

30%60%75%90%

Shutter speed 1/800 s

1/501/5001/20001/8000 s

Max pixel drift 1.0 px

0.3 px1.02.03.0 px

Lock parameters to keep them fixed. Unlocked values adjust to satisfy constraints.

Forward overlap 80%

50%70%80%95%

Trigger interval 2.0 s

0.5 s2 s5 s10 s

Flight speed -- m/s

0.551525 m/s

Geometry

Required altitude (AGL)

Footprint width

Footprint height

Image area

Forward base

Max speed (overlap) --

Max speed (drift limit) --

Effective speed --

Pixel drift at speed --

Line spacing

Images / min

Area coverage rate

Same camera and mission settings at different GSD values.

GSD	Alt (m)	Footprint	Vmax	Spacing	Area/min