Who can use these features
Editors of a project within a Professional or Pro + workspace.
1. Open a project containing the dataset of interest
2. Click "expand_more"
3. Click 'clear' to remove the basemap. This will help us define the boundary of the capture area more clearly.
4. Zoom out so that the dataset is quite small in the screen view - we don't need to see all the details to define the outline.
5. Select the magic wand tool
6. Click somewhere in the centre of your dataset.
7. Type " [[Enter]]" or click 'preview' in the magic wand pop up.
This should outline the footprint of your reference dataset. If it missed some bits, try changing your zoom range, or add some extra samples.
8. When you are happy with the representation of your area, increase your polygon smoothing to 100%.
This will reduce the number of vertices or jagged edges, which makes it more suitable for uploading to a remote control for mission planning.
9. When complete with all modifications, click "Save"
You can always skip the magic wand steps and use the polygon drawing tool to define your area instead.
10. Click on 'magic wand' in the table of contents to edit the polygon name, and change to 'Footprint' or something that makes sense to you.
You can further modify your footprint by moving vertices or deleting them (press 'alt' and click your mouse button to delete a vertex). You can add extra vertices just by clicking anywhere on the side of a polygon and dragging it to a new spot. Simplified polygons are best for mission planning.
If you make a mistake while editing just use ctrl+z to undo it.
11. Hover over your footprint layer to access the extra options under the kebab menu
12. Click "Export"
13. Click to change the export format
14. Click "KML"
15. Click "Export"
16. Open your downloads folder and copy the KML file to a microSD card
17. Insert the microSD card into your remote controller
18. Open the mission planning app on your controller, and create a new flight route by importing a KML
19. Navigate to the microSD card folder where you saved 'footprint' and select it to import
20. Continue mission planning as usual with this area of interest outline