New mission management features with TOPOFLIGHT
18 February 2026
Modern aerial mapping projects are rarely flown in a single, uninterrupted mission. Weather windows, changing ground conditions, aircraft availability, and project size often require flights to be split across multiple days or even multiple crews. With the latest mission management capabilities in TOPOFLIGHT MISSIONPLANNER & NAVIGATOR released in February 2026, managing this complexity becomes significantly easier.
TOPOFLIGHT is the flight planning and navigation technology that powers UltraNav, our all-in-one flight management and direct georeferencing solution. It forms the operational backbone for mission planning, in-flight execution, and post-flight analysis.
The new mission management concept allows large projects to be divided into individual missions. Each mission can contain complete or partial flight lines, making it easy to adapt planning to real-world constraints such as available flight hours, weather conditions, or different surface characteristics like snow or foliage.
This flexibility supports projects with staggered schedules, supplementary flights, or organizational separation without losing the overview of the overall project.
- Split by regions
- Split by operators
- Remaining parts
Seamless communication between office and flight crew
One of the biggest advantages for aerial mapping customers is the simple and transparent communication between the office planning team and the flight crew. Mission data, flown lines, image status, and updates are exchanged through a single file format (*.TFX). TOPOFLIGHT supports efficient data exchange through integrated import and export workflows, allowing mission data to be transferred between office and flight crew using standard transfer methods. This ensures that all changes are clearly traceable and that everyone involved always works with the latest information.
The office defines and updates missions in MISSIONPLANNER and assigns them to specific flight crews. In NAVIGATOR, the crew opens a mission and immediately sees exactly what needs to be flown. If only parts of flight lines are still missing, NAVIGATOR automatically focuses on those sections, helping crews fly efficiently and avoid unnecessary rework.
After each flight, the mission status and results can be shared easily with the office, where project progress becomes instantly visible. Based on this feedback, missions can be adjusted or new ones created and forwarded again, quickly and reliably.
Built-in quality control after the flight
Mission management doesn’t stop once the aircraft is back on the ground. Post-flight quality control allows operators to compare planned and flown data to assess whether project requirements have been met. Differences in image positions can be visualized, including deviation vectors that clearly show both magnitude and direction.
These post-mission quality control maps provide an immediate overview of coverage, overlap, and potential gaps, making it easier to decide whether reflights are required—and if so, exactly where.
Designed for real-world operations
The new mission management in TOPOFLIGHT is designed to support real operational workflows: flexible mission definitions, clear responsibilities, efficient data exchange, and continuous quality assessment. The result is a smoother collaboration between office and flight crew, reduced coordination effort, and greater confidence in project execution.
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