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Mosaic Planner

Calculate the number of panels needed to cover large targets with your current FOV.

Your Setup
Your FOV:202' × 135'
Target
Overlap
20%

Higher overlap improves stitching quality but requires more panels.

Mosaic Plan
2
Total Panels
2
Columns
1
Rows
1
2
Overlap per panel:40' × 27'
Total coverage:363' × 135'
Session Planning

With 2 panels, if you shoot 2 hours per panel:

4 hours
Total imaging time needed

That's roughly 1 night at 6 hours per night.