Recent content by Hivemapper

After a few flights where I neglected to turn on metadata before going out for a mapping mission, I wrote up a quick tutorial on using Airdata to recover these logs. Hopefully helpful for anyone using Litchi or Go for mapping. Disclosure: I work for Hivemapper. Retrieving flight logs for DJI...

A ton of great new maps have been created over past couple weeks. Check out these maps in the running for the $1,000 coolest map prizes: The Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey Budweiser Factory - Fairfield, CA Goose Creek Village - Ashburn, VA Meanwhile we’ve got 2 users battling it out...

More great maps being uploaded from around the world: Liguanea, Jamaica Podgorica, Montenegro Montreal, Canada Campania, Italy One of these flyers could be winning $3000! Click on the link to explore the map. There's still 3 more weeks to enter the competition. Fly and upload your video...

Just thought I'd share a few great user maps uploaded recently: General Mamerto Natividad, Philipines Borris, Ireland Kolkatta, India Winchester, Virginia

Awesome, can't wait to see it! :)

If you're still interested in mapping I think you might be interested in trying our product. It's cloud based and currently completely free to use, no processing limits or annual license. Our focus is making the process as simple and easy as possible. Simply fly an area and then upload your...

We just finished this guide on how to use Litchi to map a 2sq km area in about an hour. Anyone who duplicated this would immediately be the front-runner for the $3000 largest map prize. Link to full blog post with flightpath download - Map 2 sq km in 60 minutes using a DJI drone. Check out...

I thought you all might be interested in this contest my company is putting on: We’re looking for DJI pilots to try building a 3D map at Hivemapper.com. All you need to do is fly around any area you want to map and upload your video. It can be anything from a quick orbit around your house to...

Greetings all, I just wanted to share this offer my company is currently making for DJI drone ops. We're looking for people to try uploading some video to Hivemapper.com and try building a 3D map. Not only is it currently free to open an account but we're offering to cover the cost of your...

I've had a couple crashes and every once and a while a motor will sound a little bit loud, like there's some grinding. One motor as well will stall a bit when powering up - I've found that once you add some throttle it powers up fine, but in that initial spin one clearly seems sketchy. And...

Flight time's what I want but it also seems to not be able to handle a dual battery setup along with the h3-3d. It seems most people have no problems with these things and a dual battery setup, so I'm thinking better/more powerful motors might enable dual batteries, which will enable a longer...

So recently my Phantom 1.1.1 motors started crapping out and I was looking at what my options are for replacing them. I see the obvious ones, for instance the T-motors that are specifically designed to fit into the phantom. I'm also seeing kits with included ECS's. To get some better battery...

Re: Huge prop comparison, Counterfeit vs Genuine, 9443 vs 94 Thank you so much! It was driving me crazy...

Re: Huge prop comparison, Counterfeit vs Genuine, 9443 vs 94 That's good to hear! A majority of what I saw from comments were really bashing the o-xoxo's, so I was a bit nervous about recommending them. Though I really don't like what they were doing to my engine hubs, and i'm pretty sure...

Just did a couple test I thought you guys might be interested in. I'm by no means an expert, so I'd love to hear your guys' opinions and thoughts. I really wanted to like the carbon fiber props but was mostly surprised by the set of counterfeit phantom 2 props I purchased...