Re:Show HN: DroneFinder – Web application to assist in the r...
by lanilogic on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:51PM
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I've been a drone geek since 2011, flying model aircraft and quadcopters (or drones as the media likes to call them).
I fly them using a live video link to a set of VR goggles so I have a first person view from the aircraft. With that comes the ability to fly long distance.
Because "drones" are fairly pricey items, I wanted a way to help retrieve one should it crash and not be able to be found by the operator - by default noone would know who the drone belonged to even if they found it, and not everyone is confortable putting their contact details in public.
So I created DroneFinder which allows you to register and print off stickers for your aircraft with a scannable QR code. The QR code allows a finder to contact the owner of a lost aircraft and notify them of its whereabouts (via email and SMS) using the GPS capabilities of their phone - thus allowing the owner to retrieve their aircraft.
I fly them using a live video link to a set of VR goggles so I have a first person view from the aircraft. With that comes the ability to fly long distance.
Because "drones" are fairly pricey items, I wanted a way to help retrieve one should it crash and not be able to be found by the operator - by default noone would know who the drone belonged to even if they found it, and not everyone is confortable putting their contact details in public.
So I created DroneFinder which allows you to register and print off stickers for your aircraft with a scannable QR code. The QR code allows a finder to contact the owner of a lost aircraft and notify them of its whereabouts (via email and SMS) using the GPS capabilities of their phone - thus allowing the owner to retrieve their aircraft.
I'd welcome any feedback.