Ignis Operations Manual
Drone Amplified
Figure 7.12.1c: Viewing elevation maps while flying.
When the Elevation overlay is enabled, the map will display a colorized elevation map of
the nearby region and a legend that indicates what elevation above mean sea level the
colors correspond to, as shown in Figure 7.12.1c. If you are flying, then the legend will also
display the elevation of the home point, the drone, and the terrain directly below the drone.
In Figure 7.12.1c, these are the white “H” in a yellow circle at 1155.3 m, the red drone icon
at 1344.7 m, and the black drone icon (representing the drone’s shadow) at 1219.9 m,
respectively.
The app will automatically reload a larger region of elevation maps if you fly too close to
the edge of the currently loaded region, or place waypoints outside the current region.
Additionally, the app will automatically attempt to download elevation maps for the region
you are flying in if you have an internet connection, and have not already downloaded
elevation maps for that region.
We would like to note that once the app leaves open beta, this automatic downloading of
elevation maps from our servers will become a feature that must be paid for. It is provided
for free during open beta for testing.
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