Volatus Aerospace — Sentinel Dock Coverage Planner

Sentinel Dock · Coverage Planner

1 · Locate

e.g. “Fort McMurray, AB” or “49.3205, -123.0724”.

2 · Reference Layers

Drop or browse KML · KMZ · SHP · GeoJSON

Shapefiles: pick the .shp with its .dbf and .prj together, or a zipped shapefile. Click a feature to see attributes or place a site on it; in placement mode, clicks snap to points.

3 · Defaults & Units

Max drone AGL

Range

Dock antenna AGL

Repeater antenna AGL

Applied to new sites. Unit choices apply everywhere. Each site can be edited individually below.

4 · Place Sites

Click a button, then click the map. Drag pins to move. A new repeater links to the selected site. Right-click the map to see a terrain profile from the selected site to that point. Esc cancels.

5 · Sites

6 · Radio Line of Sight

Link frequency

Clearance rule

Clutter allowance

Earth k-factor

Clutter is added to terrain between the antenna and the aircraft (trees, buildings). k = 1.333 is standard atmosphere refraction. Shade terrain-shadowed areas inside range Show range rings Coverage opacity

7 · Project

Project name

Plans auto-save in this browser. Saved plans include reference layers. KMZ includes sites, range rings, links and coverage rasters for Google Earth.

Terrain: SRTM-based elevation (AWS Terrain Tiles, ~30 m). Bare-earth model — buildings and vegetation are not included except via the clutter allowance. Planning aid only; verify on site.