Simulate Flight Plan in Real-World Location Using Cesium

Generate Multirotor Trajectory from Flight Plan

To access the flight plan file and Simulink model in this example, open the example live script by either clicking Open Live Script in the documentation or running openExample('uav/SimulateFlightPlanInRealWorldUsingCesiumExample').

% Create mission from flight plan file in the example.
M = uavMission(PlanFile="Survey_FlightPlan.plan");

% Show mission.
show(M);

Create a multirotor UAV trajectory parser, and generate the trajectory.

parser = multirotorMissionParser;
trajectory = parse(parser,M);

% Show trajectory.
show(trajectory);

Visualize Flight Trajectory in Cesium

Open the FlightPlaninCesium.slx simulink model

open_system("FlightPlaninCesium.slx")

The Simulink model contains "Read UAV Trajectory" block which generates translation and rotation samples for the 3D UAV Vehicle from the trajectory that you have created.

In the block parameter of the "Read UAV Trajectory" block, specify the Trajectory source as From trajectory object in workspace. Specify the Trajectory object as trajectory.

To visualize the trajectory in Cesium, first complete the steps in Visualize with Cesium if you have not already done so. The initial setup includes creating a Cesium Ion account and access token, and creating a new token in the Simulink Authentication Manager to hold your Cesium Ion token.

Specify the following parameters for the "Simulation 3D Scene Configuration Block":

To start the simulation, select Run, then allow a few seconds for the 3D visualization window to initialize. Cesium Ion takes a few additional seconds for the 3D imagery to load.