1. Getting started

1.1. Requirements

Minimal requirements:

• 4 GB RAM

• Windows 10 or higher

• 64-bit operating system

• Valid TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER license (hardware or software license)

Recommended requirements:

• 16 GB RAM

• Windows 10 or higher

• 64-bit operating system

• Valid TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER license (hardware or software license)

1.2. Installation

TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER may be installed on any computer (see requirements).

The TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER license dongle must be inserted in a USB port of the PC running MISSIONPLANNER or the software license must be installed on a local machine or on a company license server.

Important

Download the latest version of MISSIONPLANNER.

To install TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER:

1. Run the setup file provided by TOPOFLIGHT and follow the instructions in the setup wizard.

2. Insert the MISSIONPLANNER license USB dongle into a USB port or activate your software license.

3. Run MISSIONPLANNER.

   

   Hint

   If your machine does not recognize the license, refer to our troubleshooting chapter to resolve the issue.

4. The first time you run MISSIONPLANNER you will be prompted to select a path for storing the SRTM elevation data. You can change the location of this directory later in the Elevation data settings.

1.3. Online resources

MISSIONPLANNER requires access to the following URLs.

Important

If your cybersecurity policies are restrictive, please ensure that these addresses are whitelisted to allow proper functionality.

• TOPOFLIGHT API https://app.topoflight.com/rest

  • Check for new releases

  • Update the sensor database

• TOPOFLIGHT elevation models

  • SRTM: TOPOFLIGHT FTP server http://ftp.topoflight.com/download/

  • Copernicus: http://copernicus-dem-90m.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/

  • Geoid models: https://www.topoflight.com/

• Base maps

  • TOPOFLIGHT base map (WMTS): https://api.mapbox.com/

  • Other WMTS base maps can also be used.

• Geo coding

  • When creating a new project: http://services.tatukgis.com/