Drone Data Publication - Getting Ready

*This list is aimed at being a guide for a typical drone flight, this is not an exhaustive list and metadata requirements may vary depending on the aims of a drone exercise.

Digital files


Orthomosaic	A photogrammetrically orthorectified image product mosaicked from an image collection. The preferred image format is Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF (COG). COGs can be created using rasterio or gdal tools. It is important to know the resolution and projection of the orthomosaic.
Zipped Raw Data	All images collected during the drone flight zipped up with any other supporting information that may be of use .

Details of Equipment Used


UAV Model	eg DJI Matrice 300 RTK
Sensors	eg Micasense RedEdge-MX Dual. If Multispectral, provide information on the different bands being collected.
GNSS Receiver	eg M300
Mobile Station	eg D RTK 2
Post Processing Software	eg Agisoft Metashape Professional

Flight Parameters


Date	eg 15/12/2021
Time	eg between 10:26 am and 10:47 am AEDT
Long Lat of Site	eg 146.47336,-42.23295
Height	eg 80m
Forward and Site Overlaps	eg 80%

Other Information


Name and contact details of collaborators to appear in the metadata
How you would like the citation to be written	Lucieer, A. , Sivanandam, P. , Turner, D. (2022): Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) RGB orthomosaic - Cockatoo Hills, Tasmania. Version 1.0.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).