Mini5Planner is a free drone mapping planner for Mac and Windows, built around the DJI Mini 5 Pro. Draw an area on the map and pick a template, and it creates a KMZ grid mission that you load on your remote controller and fly as a waypoint mission in DJI Fly.
Apple-notarized DMG.
Windows shows a SmartScreen warning the first time. Click “More info” and then “Run anyway”.
Free to download and use. The installers are also on GitHub.
DJI Fly has waypoints, but no grid generator and no overlap calculator, so every point has to be placed by hand. Mini5Planner builds the grid for you. It makes the flight route only: the photos are stitched into an orthophoto, point cloud or 3D model afterwards in software such as WebODM, or you can send them to us.
The right overlap without doing the math
Mini5Planner works out line spacing and photo interval from your drone’s camera and the altitude you choose. You set front and side overlap yourself, for example 80% and 70%.
Small site, excavation, gravel pit, facade, road corridor
Five ready-made templates for typical construction and survey jobs. Pick one and adjust it if you like.
Built-in transfer guide
Exports WPML 1.0.2 KMZ files that DJI Fly can run. A step-by-step guide in the app shows how to copy the KMZ to the DJI RC 2 over USB-C, on Windows and on Mac.
On the Mini 5 Pro, a 50 MP photo takes about 5 seconds to save. If a route asks for photos faster than that, the drone skips shots without any warning and the overlap collapses. On our first mapping flight, 154 planned photos became 89. Mini5Planner caps the mission speed so the camera keeps up, and tells you when it has lowered the speed.
Two tools that come with the free version.
Choose the photo folder after the flight. The app reads the EXIF metadata in the photos and shows how the flight actually went. Photos are not changed or sent anywhere.
Drag the H marker to where the drone actually takes off. Battery estimates and terrain following (Pro) are calculated from that point.
Seven models, all free. The app knows each drone’s camera and maximum speed and calculates GSD and footprint. Speed is set by how fast the camera saves photos. So far that has only been measured on the Mini 5 Pro; the other profiles are estimates until you calibrate them from your own photos.
1" CMOS · C0 — 249 g
1/1.3" CMOS · C0 — 249 g
1/1.3" CMOS · C1
1" CMOS · C1
4/3" CMOS · C2
4/3" Hasselblad · C2
4/3" 100 MP · C2
For anyone who wants to plan photogrammetry flights without learning heavy tools like UgCS or paying for a subscription.
Plan the flight over a plot. The photos can be processed into a point cloud for volume calculations.
Document excavations, fills and material pits before, during and after the work. The drone flies the route on its own while you watch from the ground.
Skip placing waypoints one by one in DJI Fly. Draw an area, adjust the overlap, export the KMZ to the DJI RC 2 and fly.
Choose Mac or Windows at the top of the page. The app is free.
Pick a template (Small site, Excavation site, Gravel pit, Building facade, Road corridor) or set the values yourself. Save the KMZ.
The built-in guide shows how to copy the KMZ over USB-C. Then fly the mission in DJI Fly.
Stitch them in photogrammetry software such as WebODM, or send them to us for processing. The full walkthrough is in the grid mission guide.
The free version covers most jobs. Pro is for flying hilly terrain or large areas. You pay once.
$19 / €19 / £17 – one-time purchase, tax included
In Norway: 199 NOK. Checkout picks the currency for your country.
Buy ProPayment is handled by Stripe (Link), which also takes care of VAT and sales tax.
Click “Buy Pro” and pay. Your license key is shown on screen afterwards and sent to you by email.
Start Mini5Planner and click Settings (the gear at the top of the side panel) → Pro license.
Copy the key (or the whole email) and click “Paste”. The app finds the key and activates Pro right away. The “Activate in Mini5Planner” button on the receipt page does the same.
Send us the photos from your flight and we process them in Kubatur, our own software for volume calculations. You don’t need your own server or a photogrammetry license.
Without ground control points, the volume is normally within about ±2% when you fly a double grid plus oblique passes. Property boundaries are indicative and do not replace a land survey. The point cloud is not suitable for setting out.
Priced by scope. You get a quote by email.
Get a quoteWhat we learned flying mapping missions with the Mini 5 Pro, and how the tools compare. Useful whichever planner you use.
A 50 MP photo takes about 5 seconds to save. We planned 154 photos and got 89. Here is how to spot it and how to set the speed.
Read the guideFrom drawing the area to checking the overlap afterwards: export a KMZ, load it on the DJI RC 2 and fly it in DJI Fly.
Read the guideThird-party flight apps need a DJI SDK, and the Mini 5 Pro has none. What Litchi Hub and Dronelink can do with it, and how KMZ files for DJI Fly fill the gap.
Read the guideSeven planners that make KMZ files for DJI Fly, side by side: price, platform, grids, terrain following and the DJI RC 2.
Read the guideDJI’s camera specs, GSD and photo spacing per altitude, waypoints on the DJI RC 2, and how to measure the real photo interval after the first flight.
Read the guideNo. Mini5Planner plans the flight and exports the route as a KMZ file. Stitching the photos into an orthophoto, point cloud or 3D model is done afterwards in photogrammetry software such as WebODM/ODM, or by us if you send us the photos.
The transfer guide in the app is made for the DJI RC 2 and walks you through copying the KMZ over USB-C. We have not tested other remote controllers.
Seven DJI drones: Mini 5 Pro, Mini 4 Pro, Air 3, Air 3S, Mavic 3, Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro, all in the free version. Only the Mini 5 Pro profile has been measured in the field. The others use published camera specs and an estimated photo interval, and you can calibrate them from your own photos with Calibrate / check flight.
Yes. The app is free to download and use, also commercially, and all seven drones are included. Terrain following and battery split require Pro, which is a one-time purchase.
Both. The buttons at the top of the page download the right file for Mac or Windows. The Mac version is a universal app for Apple silicon and Intel and needs macOS 11 or later.
Yes. The map (OpenStreetMap and satellite) and route planning work anywhere, and terrain following uses the global Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model (30 m) outside Norway. Address search and the power line layer only cover Norway, so elsewhere you find your site by moving the map.
No. Your plans and photos stay on your computer. The app downloads maps, addresses, elevation data and power lines, and checks for updates. The license key is checked locally.
AnleggTech AS in Bjørnafjorden, Norway. We build software for the construction industry, fly drones ourselves and process the photos in our own software, Kubatur.
Mini5Planner is an independent product by AnleggTech AS. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by DJI. DJI, DJI Fly, DJI Mini and Mavic are trademarks of SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.