Geofencing

[skatun]

Like on http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/geofencing-3/ add geofencing, but with a twist instead of returning to loiter position it gives u a high warning signal. This is great for people flying FPV or people like me who like to train pylon, as soon as I then here the warning i turn around and head 180 degrece the other way untill i hear the warning again. However this means that the geofence needs to be a rectangle with given width and height.

[arthurbenemann]

Implementing fencing is a good idea.

It could be done using something like a polygon.

[skatun]

Yes, and just give a signal when you cross it.. For lap flying it needs to be a rectangle where the lines are paralell and the size can be set exactly

Cheers

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Arthur Benemann notifications@github.comwrote:

Implementing fencing is a good idea.

It could be done using something like a polygon.

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[phmagic]

• [ ] Display geofence region on the map. Toggable in the settings, opt-in by default.
• [ ] Display notification when geofence behavior kicks in.

[Thalek]

Would geo-fencing have a rectangular shape, or could the shape be customized? I live on a rather oddly-shaped piece of land; it would be useful to set the fence shape accordingly.

[m4gr3d]

Unfortunately, arducopter only has support for circular geofences. So that's all that will be supported until a better implementation is added to the arducopter flight code.

[Thalek]

Ah! Thank you.