GSD Calculator

Drone Flight Planning Tool

Camera Selection

Select Camera

Width17.3 mm

Focal12.29 mm

Resolution5280px

Flight Parameters

Flight Height (AGL)

5m500m

Target GSD

cm/px

High ResLow Res

Adjusting height directly impacts GSD. Lower AGL yields sharper images but increases flight time.

Mission Planning

Front Overlap

Ground overlap: 94.9 m

Side Overlap

Ground overlap: 101.4 m

Value is the ground distance that overlaps between adjacent photos or flight lines at the current altitude and camera setup.

Flight Mode

Calculated GSD

3.20

cm / px

Optimal for Thermography

Footprint Width

168.9m

Footprint Height

126.6m

Estimator & Area

CameraAnzu Raptor T - Wide Lens

Flight Speed

m/s

Survey Area

Margin

Outward buffer from survey boundary.

Upload Geometry

or drag and drop

Supports KML, KMZ, GeoJSON.

Coverage Preview

Showing synthetic route from manual survey area.

Route: 8.40 km, 9 strips

Showing 9 of 9 strips and 100 of 234 photo points.

Total Photos

234

Flight Time

14m 0s

Storage Required

1 GB 444 MB

RGB JPEG

Storage estimates are provided for planning purposes only and may vary based on mission settings, camera behavior, compression, environmental conditions, and other operational factors.

Geometry View

About the GSD Calculator

The GSD Calculator is an advanced drone GSD calculator and flight planning tool built for professional drone pilots, land surveyors, and photogrammetry teams. It helps you plan drone mapping missions faster, reduce field guesswork, and prepare reliable outputs for orthomosaic and surveying workflows.

Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) defines the real-world distance represented by each image pixel. By combining camera sensor width, focal length, image resolution, and planned flight altitude (AGL), the calculator delivers millimeter-accurate GSD values for precise aerial data capture.

With this drone mission planning workflow, you can:

Import survey boundaries from KML, KMZ, or GeoJSON files.
Generate synthetic flight routes for coverage planning.
Optimize route heading angles before takeoff.
Estimate total photo count and SD card storage requirements.