Lehmann Aviation, manufacturer of professional micro civil drones, has announced a new aerial solution for geo-referenced orthomosaics and DEM: LA300 fully automatic personal drone which is now working with GoPro Hero3+ camera, in addition to Nokia Lumia 1020.

In 2013 Lehmann Aviation launched LA300 – a fully automatic personal drone working with Nokia Lumia 1020 and designed for mapping and DEM. The last months flight-tests have proven compatibility of the GoPro Hero3+ camera (in addition to Nokia Lumia 1020 41Mp camera) with the LA300 for orthomosaics and DEM which makes the drone a very suitable professional rugged solution for mapping and surveying.

How it works

LA300 is a fully automatic professional UAV designed for most accurate mapping and surveying. To get the geo-referenced orthomosaics or DEM the user has to accomplish 3 simple steps (watch the video here):

Step 1: Download the free Lehmann Aviation software – OperationCenter – to any Windows8 Tablet, Windows Phone 8 or PC.

Step 2: Make the flight path by simply «drawing» on a touchscreen Windows8 device the area of interest (on the map) and entering the waypoints, after what the software will automatically generate the mission.

Step 3: Transmit the data to the drone by WI-FI, launch it by hand and wait till this aerial robot will come back (to any chosen point) with HD images or video on the SD card.

Step 4: Use OperationCenter to GeoTag each image after the flight (with LAT/LONG/ALT/YAW/PITCH/ROLL information).

The pictures then can be processed in the most popular orthomosaic/DEM software to generate professional orthomosaics and 3D models.

The drone flies at a range of up to 15 km, at speeds of 20-80 km/h. It is also done to be flown in harsh environments, between -25 °C up to +60 °C (-13 °F up to 140 °F), with winds up to 35 km/h (20kt). The LA300 weights 950 grams (including Nokia Lumia 1020 or GoPro Hero3+ camera), with a wingspan of 92 cm and the length of 45 cm. The drone is launched by hand and lands in just few meters.

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