Downward facing RunCam2 HD stills... stitched

[BlueFlyer]

Here is a stitched composite of some screen shots I took from my RunCam2 HD's downward facing footage on board the X-UAV Talon's maiden last weekend. Stitched using Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor)

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/ice/

This is the picture... I won't paste it as a IMG tag, but instead I'll just paste the link. It's over 4MB so those with slow internet beware https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8259957/FPV/Aerial%20Photography/AP01.jpg

[BlueFlyer]

I think if I were to be flying properly straight doing linear passes up and down the area the stitch would come out better... this was purely a test

[Lola]

You need to use professional software like agisoft photoscan for example to get any decent results. APM will give you a grid map with waypoints and I believe there is a waypoint package for the vector FC as well.

[BlueFlyer]

Here's another one, from a bit higher up.

results are better with this one as there were fewer shots to stitch

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8259957/FPV/Aerial%20Photography/AP02.jpg

You need to use professional software like agisoft photoscan for example to get any decent results. APM will give you a grid map with waypoints and I believe there is a waypoint package for the vector FC as well.

100% agree, to get pro results you need pro images to start with and pro software.

This was purely a fun test from some screen shots I took from video footage and free software, not bad considering eh? :)