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If you've got a DJI drone, you can do this for tens of dollars using inexpensive software and services.

I've used the SparkPro iOS app (for mission planning and automated flight with a programmed set of waypoints with camera instructions).

And this service who'll stitch images together (for free for small enough areas. I needed a plot about 200 x 200m, and its didn't cost anything): https://www.mapsmadeeasy.com/

Takes a bit of thinking and experimenting to get a good result. You need to get 4 or more times overlap for everything you want good stitching and elevation data from. (And the DJI specs on their cameras are misleading. I wasn't expecting the FoV spec to be diagonal, so my first attempt didn't overlap as much as Idol intended...)



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