Week 5 Lab: Flying and Capturing Images

Last week we attempted to take pictures of the smallest facade which is the side facing the Paul Peck building. Too many people were near the area so it became hazardous to fly the drone in that area. We moved towards the quad, in the grassed area, so that in case the drone fell, it would have a softer landing. As Maria and Sena continued flying, many people approached us on comments about the drone with their own remarks. One person who had previously bought this item told us that there was no use flying it outside because even the faintest breeze could way it in any direction. We were already seeing problem occurring in previous weeks and his own results supported what we started to notice. So we adapted and paused any time there was medium to heavy wind and resumed if there was light to no wind. Both Maria and Sena became more proficient in flying.

Even in our best attempts at flying the drone, we couldn't control certain parts of the drone such as direction and landing. We soon realized that it is going to be nearly impossible to fly the drone to the top of LeBow. Even the person who had experience with the drone said to not attempt it at all. From this experience, we decided to obtain as many pictures as we can with the drone and obtain pictures with cameras within our phones for the higher parts of the facade. Considering that LeBow is the tallest building on Drexel's campus, is is going to be a daunting task to obtain the images up top.

Outside of class, we also noticed the picture quality of the drone versus my phone.

Capture from GV3

Capture from Samsung Galaxy S6

Zoomed in, we can see that both image qualities are great but there are certain advantages and disadvantages of both. The GV3 can obtain good quality pictures at great heights but it is difficult to fly. It is hard to fly both very high above ground and at a stable level. My phone can obtain better quality pictures even when zoomed in to the max capacity but it will be difficult to obtain images with my phone towards the middle and top sections of LeBow.