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How to Make a Stand Count Mission?

Count your emerged plants in the field to estimate future yields.

Select "Stand Count" mission.

Select the pattern you wish to make the scout.

Full Cover - Full scout pattern on a whole area.

Statistically - Divide the field into equal squares and take one picture from each square.

Full Cover:

Type the "Mission Plan" name.

Tip: When creating a new mission, name the task by the field and the pattern name—for example, Potato221.standcount.
Finding it in the "Existing Mission Plan" option would be easier if you ever want to repeat that mission.

Tune the mission settings.

Set the drone altitude by selecting the desired "Drone Height." Agro-Scout recommendations for potatoes and tomatoes are 30 and 20 meters in accordance.

Tip: At the early emergence stages of potatoes, our recommendation is to make 15 meters statistical stand count.

Select the "Drone name" according to your drone type. 

Press on the black arrow to minimize the setting bar.

Drag the map on the screen and place the yellow square in the middle of your field. Then, please tap on the yellow square to paste it on the map.

Adapt the polygon borders by dragging the white circles to the actual field borders.

Press on the refresh button to get back to the previous borders.

Press on the "+" sign to open a new circle to drag for noncubical structure fields.

Press on the black arrow to open the right bar.

Press on the "Let's Fly" button.

The pre-flight Checklist will open. Make sure all the check-boxes are marked with green V. 

Press on the "Let's Fly" button.

Statistically:

Type the "Mission Plan" name.

Tip: When creating a new mission, name the task by the field and the pattern 
name. For example, Potato221.standcount.stat.
Finding it in the "Existing Mission Plan" option would be easier if you ever want to repeat that mission.

Tune settings.

Set the drone altitude by selecting the desired "Drone Height." Agro-Scout recommendations for potatoes and tomatoes are 30 and 20 meters in accordance.

Tune the "Sample Area Value." This option determines the square size of one sample picture.

Press on the black arrow to minimize the setting bar.

Drag the map on the screen and place the yellow square in the middle of your field. Then, please tap on the yellow square to paste it on the map.

The field will be divided into sample squares, and the drone will take one photo from each. On the top screen, you can see the number of photos (points) and the duration time of the mission.

Press on the black arrow to open the right bar.

Press on the "Let's Fly" button.

The pre-flight Checklist will open. Make sure all the check-boxes are marked with green V. 

Press on the "Let's Fly" button.

 

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How to open an existing mission plan

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