Running Litchi Mission on Google Earth

[Hiwayman]

Gents..
New to Litchi and flight planning so be kind!
I have uploaded missions into GE and run them ok, but always the camera points forward no matter the settings on the mission. Am I missing something or is it not possible to turn the camera on GE?
Don't get me wrong, I am amazed by this technology and learning as quick as I can!!!

Thanks

 

[Fly Dawg]

Please give a little more detail as to the procedure you are using to accomplish this. Are you referring to GE proper or the mission hub?
They are two different things. And if you are using curved turns, actions in the mission are ignored.

 

[Hiwayman]

I plan the mission on the Litchi hub.
Export as 3d KML to GE Pro
Then run the flight on GE Pro.
I haven't accomplished any camera turn on GE, whether on straight or curved paths. Or even if the mission is started with camera/bird looking away from straight ahead.

 

[GrammatonxXXxCleric]

Wasn't aware GE reflects litchi mission actions..

 

[Fly Dawg]

Never had the need to actually run a flight on GE, although I have done a kml export to compare the views. It could be that GE does not support the gimball angles or actions.

 

[dansoto]

Here's what I can offer:

Litchi does not export heading or gimbal info to the KML file, however, it does appear that the KML standard does offer this capability. ( see Touring in KML  |  Keyhole Markup Language  |  Google Developers )

Notice the <heading> and <tilt> tags that seem to indicate it's possible. That would be extremely cool if Litchi would export that info to the KML to do true(er) dry run.

 

[MPP3P]

Someone on Mavic pilots has a program for this very thing. I cannot remember who or what post but I will try to find it. You download it for free and it does it all. Like you’re riding the camera on the drone. I tried a couple missions with it and it works pretty good but is a little glitchy. Give me a bit and I try to find it.

 

[MPP3P]

Found it but I don’t know how to post a link. Haha. It’s on Mavic Pilots/General discussions/control apps/(the name of the post is)Virtual Litchi Mission

 

[dansoto]

Someone on Mavic pilots has a program for this very thing. I cannot remember who or what post but I will try to find it. You download it for free and it does it all. Like you’re riding the camera on the drone. I tried a couple missions with it and it works pretty good but is a little glitchy. Give me a bit and I try to find it.

Is this it?

How hard would it be to simulate litchi missions in google earth?

 

[dansoto]

Is this it?

How hard would it be to simulate litchi missions in google earth?

Actually, it is. I'll have to try it out.

 

[MPP3P]

Actually, it is. I'll have to try it out.

How did you post that link?

 

[MPP3P]

This is the one I was referring to...
Virtual Litchi Mission
Virtual Litchi Mission

 

[dansoto]

This is the one I was referring to...
Virtual Litchi Mission
Virtual Litchi Mission

Cool. Seems like this one is a rewrite of the one from the one I posted (which I couldn't get to work). I'll try this one.

 

[BigAl07]

It's also on THIS forum (at least partially):

Virtual Litchi Mission

 

[dansoto]

It's also on THIS forum (at least partially):

Virtual Litchi Mission

I would use the post on the Mavic forum because he's posted update versions to this one.

 

[Hiwayman]

Thank you...I will try it.