aerialflightgen

Aerial Flight Plan Generator from GeoJSON

aerialflightgen is a lightweight Python package that converts a GeoJSON polygon (e.g. from geojson.io) into a structured drone flight plan — with optional 2D and 3D plotting.

Features

• Lawn-mower style path generator
• Outputs structured (x, y, z, t) waypoints
• Exports to JSON
• CLI with --plot and --3dplot
• Designed for drone simulation, testing, and robotics

Installation

pip install aerialflightgen

Usage (CLI)

aerialgen polygon.geojson \
  --altitude 100 \
  --speed 5 \
  --rows 6 \
  --out mission.json \
  --plot

Use --3dplot for 3D altitude visualization:

aerialgen polygon.geojson --3dplot

Usage (Python)

from aerialflightgen import FlightPlanGenerator

planner = FlightPlanGenerator("polygon.geojson", altitude=120, speed=6, rows=8)
mission = planner.to_dict()
planner.save_to_json("mission.json")

Output Format

{
  "mission_id": "generated_mission",
  "start_time": 0.0,
  "end_time": 120.0,
  "waypoints": [
    { "x": 79.78, "y": 11.97, "z": 100, "t": 0.0 },
    { "x": 79.79, "y": 11.97, "z": 100, "t": 10.0 }
  ]
}

Author

Created by Thirumurugan Chokkalingam MIT License