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    Commercial drone pilots, please give me your thoughts on my project.

    Again, I don't get this. If the objective is to develop a topo map at 250ft which can then be later used to integrate into a further analysis of pollution impact... Well I have an opinion that will be very unpopular here. The United States already has a huge amount of digitized topo maps with...
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    Aerial Mapping

    You can get a full desktop version of ArcGIS PRO by signing up for the GIS specialty program at COURSERA. The coursework leads to certificates from the University of California / Davis in their GIS Specialty. The cost for this is only 50 bucks per month, and that fee includes the free copy of...
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    Commercial drone pilots, please give me your thoughts on my project.

    What is your end result that you are trying to achieve? Maybe there is enough data out there to allow you to get the result you need using a GIS with publicly available data? Choice of the right basemap may give you enough detail, then combined with other vector data on your measurements would...
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    Aerial Mapping

    ArcGIS has all the tools you need but also has a steep learning curve. Can't be beat for professional work though. If you are committed to this long term you can get a free copy legally from ESRI by taking the University of California Davis GIS Fundamentals course through Coursera. First course...
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    What are some drone Tips/Laws in the Philippines?

    Have lived in Asia since 1987, USA Citizen w/ private pilot single engine land + high performance rating flying since 1978 (been flying before driving), lived in phils for total of 18 years with flights all over the country. Some time ago started flying phantoms, P3A and P4s all over the...
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    P3 Firmware Can't get RC to connect to drone, at all. cannot "enter camera mode" either

    Dji go at 2.8.3 Rc mod unknown will not show on dji go Trying to install latest firmware 1.9 on p3a Although software filename downloaded from advance site download li k starts with p3s not p3a????
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    P3 Firmware Can't get RC to connect to drone, at all. cannot "enter camera mode" either

    Having similar problems with a new p3a here in manila. Bought new july 23. Went out july 24 and did some very short test flights, no higher than 4m and no further than 5m. All worked ok. Then, got notice to upgrade firmware. Not sure what original versions were. At home, followed instructions...