Modify Sortie Subareas

Use the Modify Sortie Subareas option (geogxnet.dll(Geosoft.GX.UAVSurvey.PlanSortieSubareasManually;Run)*) from the UAV Merge Sorties > Plan Survey menu to adjust the subarea polygons before planning the survey paths.

Modify Sortie Subareas dialog options

Survey name	Select the survey you would like to work with from the list of available project surveys. Multiple surveys can be created within the same GPF. Script Parameter: PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.SURVEY_NAME
Plan map name	Select the plan map that contains the polygon(s) to be modified. Script Parameter: PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.OUTPUT_MAP
Edit mode	Add new subarea: use this option to insert a polygon in addition to the automatically planned ones. Modify existing subarea: use this option to redraw an existing polygon. Delete existing subarea: if you have redrawn a polygon to cover the area of more than one polygon, use this option to remove the redundant polygon(s). Script Parameter: PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.SUBAREA_EDIT_MODE [0: add new subarea; 1: modify existing subarea; 2: delete existing subarea]
[More] All subsequent parameters have default settings. Should you wish to customize them, expand this section.
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Flight line azimuth (CW from N) Flight line spacing Tie line spacing	The project parameters are displayed to help guide you with setting the overlap parameters. Script Parameters: PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.FLIGHT_LINE_AZIMUTH PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.FLIGHT_LINE_SPACING PLAN_UAV_SURVEY.TIE_LINE_SPACING

Application Notes

You may be running different scenarios to plan the same survey. Each scenario can be saved under a separate survey name in the same working folder. The files related to each survey are prepended by the survey name in order to avoid conflict.

The planning tool provides a good indication of the subarea coverage. However, the projected subareas may not always be practical. To customize the subareas you could use the planned subareas as the backdrop and either modify them or delete the unnecessary ones and create new ones. This is best done on a map that displays the topography and preferable roads and access areas.

Output Files

The edited subarea polygons are saved in the Survey name subfolder.

*The GX tool will search in the "...\Geosoft\Desktop Applications \gx" folder. The GX.Net tools, however, are embedded in the geogxnet.dll located in the "...\Geosoft\Desktop Applications \bin" folder. If running this GX interactively, bypassing the menu, first change the folder to point to the "bin" folder, then supply the GX.Net tool in the specified format.