Mapping & survey
Mission Planner
Draw a survey area and get real boustrophedon flight lines, image count and time.
Planning aid only — not certified flight-planning software or airspace clearance. Always verify results against your own aircraft's manual and check current regulations before flying. Full disclaimer.
Click the map to draw your survey area, then fill in your camera and flight settings.
0 points placed.
Draw at least 3 points and fill in every camera field to plan the mission.
Flight lines are generated with the same local flat-earth geometry as the Area Calculator — accurate for survey-sized sites, including non-convex (irregularly shaped) areas. This is a coverage-planning aid, not a substitute for your flight controller's own mission-planning software.
How it works
Draw your survey area on the map, then enter your camera specs, flight altitude, speed and desired front/side overlap. The planner computes your image footprint and line spacing (the same math as the GSD and Coverage calculators) and sweeps real, boustrophedon (back-and-forth) flight lines across the polygon you drew — including correctly clipping lines around non-convex (irregularly shaped) areas.
Limitations
Flight time covers the flight lines themselves and excludes turnarounds between lines, climb/descent, and any battery-swap stops. Line generation uses a local flat-earth projection centered on your polygon — accurate for typical survey-sized sites, not country-sized shapes. This is a coverage-planning aid, not a substitute for your flight controller's own mission-planning software, and does not check airspace restrictions — use the Map/Airspace and NOTAM tools for that.