Multiple POI from one waypoint

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I’m trying to set up a waypoint mission to take photos of my garden throughout the season. Is it possible to fly to one waypoint, take a photo of POI1 and then have the drone rotate to POI2 and take a second photo. I’d like to be able to have the drone take up to six photos from the same point. I tried setting up several waypoints at the same latitude and longitude in succession but this fails with an ‘integer’ error which tells me that waypoints have to be a distance apart. Any assistance or guidance will be gratefully received.

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Alternately increase & decrease the altitude of these waypoints by 1 meter and it will work.

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In addition to what @TriBar pointed out, here is another method you could try:

Litchi was not designed to do exactly what you are trying to do so any solution is going to seem a little bit weird. Two consecutive waypoints cannot be at the same GPS location. However, there is nothing preventing non-consecutive waypoints from being at the same location. Waypoint 1 and Waypoint 3 could be at the same location as long as Waypoint 2 is in a different location.

3-POI Example:

  1. Create three POIs.
  2. Create five waypoints where the first waypoint is where you would like your drone to be positioned when it takes your photos.
  3. Configure waypoint 1 to look at POI1, waypoints 2,3 to look at POI2, waypoints 4,5 to look at POI3.
  4. Copy the GPS coordinates from waypoint 1 to waypoints 3 and 5.
  5. Move waypoints 2 and 4 near but not right on the cluster of waypoints 1, 3, 5.
  6. Configure your camera actions on waypoints 1, 3, 5.

This method, while a bit more complicated, should allow you to take your photos from the exact same position.

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Thank you very much! That appears to work. It’s all loaded and ready to go and now as soon as the weather clears I’ll put it to the actual test!

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Thank you for the suggestion. This thought had already occurred to me but as I have more than a few areas to photograph the repetitions would do my head in. If simply adjusting altitude solves my issue I’m going to be a happy camper. Will have a mission set up to photograph my garden on a weekly basis. Then will have something to look at when the snow flies!! Loving the app, the forum and the support!