Quickest way to add known coordinate as a mission

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Hi there,
I have several polygons with longitude/latitude coordinates. In the case of monitoring for invasive species, I would like to fly my mini 2 at different points in the polygon. I was wondering if there was an easy way to export my different coordinates as a mission. Currently I enter them manually is it is very long. I know it has the option to export our data to the hub, but I don’t know how. I’m not an excel wizard, I’m learning everything.

If you can point me to some documentation on this, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Hi,

There isn’t another “easier” method for entering GPS coordinates. The first method, which you have already tried, involves copying and pasting the coordinates directly into the waypoint dialog in the Mission Hub. This method would be preferred if you only had a few coordinates that you wish to use.

Another way would be to work with Excel. If you had a larger list of coordinates, this method might be easier. Here are the steps you would need to follow:

  1. Create a one-waypoint mission using the Mission Hub (the location of this waypoint doesn’t matter)
  2. Export this mission as a CSV file
  3. Open the CSV file in Excel
  4. Duplicate (copy and paste) the single row of values as many times as you have coordinates that you want to use
  5. Replace (paste over) the first two columns with your desired coordinates (this is easiest if you already had your desired coordinates as two columns in an another Excel file)
  6. Save this CSV file
  7. Import this CSV file back into Litchi
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Here’s an example of a simple list that works:
A comma at the end of each row is mandatory.
You can also use any text-editor.

latitude,longitude,altitude(m),
33.1002269,7.0231343,30,
33.105907,7.0254517,35,
33.1063384,7.035408,40,
33.0979979,7.036953,45,
33.0885061,7.0297432,50,
33.0885061,7.0297432,55,
33.0885061,7.0297432,50,
33.0885061,7.0297432,45,
33.0885061,7.0297432,40,
33.0885061,7.0297432,35,
33.0885061,7.0297432,30,
33.0885061,7.0297432,25,
33.0909511,7.0192719,20,

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