1 Overview
1.1 Inspector
Inspector 4 is the official Flyability software used to analyze the inspection footage gathered by Elios 3 & Elios 2
drones. It is not compatible with Elios 1 data, so the previous version of Inspector should be used here instead.
Flyability drones save the flight data in different locations:
●The videos and still images are saved on the CAM SD card. A new video is automatically created every
flight. The maximum file size is 4GB, so when recording in 4K, several videos can be created during one
flight.
●On the Elios 2, the thermal camera data and flight altitude/direction are saved on the LOG SD card. A
log file is created when a battery is connected and continues recording until it is disconnected.
●On the Elios 3, the thermal camera data, flight altitude/direction, pointcloud trajectory and raw logs are
saved on the embedded SSD.
Inspector is used to visualize, localize, and document your inspections. It gives you a precise view of what’s
happening inside your assets so your team can act quickly in just the right place.
During post processing, Inspector allows you to:
●Analyze the video frame-by-frame
●Provide a low or high density point cloud of your asset (depending on the drone employed)
●Make distance measurements
●Annotating points of interest
●Exporting inspection reports
1.2 Mapping
The mapping feature of Inspector 4 is meant to localize your inspection data by producing an accurate
trajectory with a point cloud offering a good balance between accuracy and processing time. It does that out of
regular inspection flights and not one's dedicated to optimizing data capture for photogrammetry. For Elios 3
users, the mapping and localization is performed on the drone using our homemade SLAM engine FlyAware™,
with the possibility to transform Elios 3 LiDAR datasets into highly accurate 3D models using GeoSLAM
Connect. For further information about the Elios 3 Mapping features, refer to this webpage.
