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User Guide for MicaSense Sensors
With multiple options for integration, this guide will help you get it right.
Best Practices: Capturing data with MicaSense sensors
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FAQs
General FAQs
Camera FAQs
- CFexpress cards for RedEdge-P and Altum-PT
- Dual Camera System: FAQs
- Altum Thermal Band - FAQ
- How to update your firmware
- What is the ECCN?
- What is the center wavelength and bandwidth of each filter for MicaSense sensors?
Drone Integrations
Non-DJI Integrations
DJI Integration Kits
- ★ List of all integration kits from MicaSense
- ★ Skyport vs Quick Mount Kit
- ★ Quick Mount Gen. 2 Instructions for DJI M300
- List of cameras compatible with DJI Skyport and MicaSense Quick Mount
- DJI Drone compatibility list for DJI Skyport and MicaSense Quick Mounts
- How to set up RTK with M300 and MicaSense cameras
Data Collection
General
- Capturing from low altitudes and from a fixed point
- Integration examples for MicaSense sensors
- Getting Started with MicaSense
- Troubleshooting Triggering Issues
- How will crop netting affect my data?
- Do I still need to take panel shots if I am using a sunshine sensor?
Mission Planning
- ★ How to add MicaSense cameras to Mission Planning apps (DJI Pilot, GS Pro, etc.)
- ★ Best practices: Collecting Data with MicaSense Sensors
- DJI Pilot and MicaSense Sensors
- Choosing a Mission Planner
- Using DJI GS Pro with RedEdge-MX and Altum + Skyport
- How much overlap is needed?
Data Processing
Agisoft Metashape
Pix4D
Data Analysis
- Processing MicaSense RTK data in Agisoft Metashape and Pix4DMapper
- How to read and export image metadata with Exiftool
- Analyzing MicaSense data processed with Agisoft Metashape
- Using Panels and/or DLS in Post-Processing
- MicaSense Camera Image Processing Workflow
- Use of Calibrated Reflectance Panels For MicaSense Data
Products
Altum (Legacy)
- Altum SD card adapter installation instructions
- How to connect to the MicaSense Altum via Ethernet
- How do I power the Altum?
- Converting Altum Thermal to degrees C after processing in Agisoft or Pix4D
- Altum: EU Declaration of Conformity
- Altum: PPS Pin Usage and Top of Frame Output
Calibrated Reflectance Panel (CRP)
DLS-1 (Legacy)
- Downwelling Light Sensor (DLS) Basics
- What does RedEdge's Downwelling Light Sensor (DLS) do for my data?
- DLS Integration Guide > Quick Start
- DLS Integration Guide > Operation
- DLS Integration Guide > Power On and Configuration
- DLS Integration Guide > Connections
DLS2
Dual Camera System
RedEdge-M (Legacy)
RedEdge-3 (Legacy)
- RedEdge-3 & Emlid Reach RTK GPS Integration Example (Legacy)
- Fixing Reflectance Metadata
- Synchronizing Multiple RedEdge-3 Cameras (Legacy)
- RedEdge-3: PPS Pin Usage and Top of Frame Output
- Getting Started With RedEdge-3 (Legacy)
- RedEdge 3 - Integration Guide
General
- Blue sUAS options with MicaSense sensors
- Panchromatic Band - FAQs
- Comparison between all MicaSense sensors.
- Inputs and outputs for MicaSense sensors
- User Guide for MicaSense Sensors
- Log Files (.dat) FAQs
Altum-PT
RedEdge-MX
RedEdge-P
Atlas Flight (Legacy)
Support
Documentation
Atlas Cloud (Legacy)
Getting Started in Atlas
Documentation
- How to export to Atlas from Pix4D (Legacy)
- Printing from Atlas
- The CropFocus Layer
- Atlas Export Options (paid subscriptions only)
- MicaSense Uploader v2.x Instructions
- Viewing Data in Atlas
General Questions
- Why can't I export my imagery from Atlas?
- How should I define my fields in Atlas?
- Can I upload a .kml or shapefile to define my field boundaries?
- What are the units of the Atlas GeoTIFF output?
- Overview of histograms and how they are used in Atlas
- What are the different layers seen in the Atlas viewer (RGB, NRG, NDVI, NDVI2, NDRE, and DSM)?