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How to Export and Visualize Detections

The Dronetag App allows you to record and review drone detection history. For a more detailed, 3D spatial review of flight paths (such as navigating through urban landscapes or verifying antenna tests), you can export your detection data and visualize it using external tools like Google Earth.

1. Exporting Detections from the Dronetag App​

To export a specific flight or detection history:

  1. Open the Dronetag App and log in to your receiver's account.
  2. Navigate to the Detections tab.
  3. Select the specific detection or flight session you wish to export.
  4. Click the Export button and choose the KML format.
  5. Save the generated file to your device.
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Pro Tip – Bulk Export

Need to analyze multiple flights at once? You can select multiple detections from the list and export them together into a single combined KML file.

This allows you to visualize and compare several flight paths simultaneously in Google Earth.

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Why KML?

KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is the standard format for displaying geographic data in Earth browsers.

Dronetag uses advanced KML elements, specifically gx:Track, to ensure high-fidelity flight telemetry while maintaining the exact path, altitude, and timestamps of the drone.

2. Visualizing Detections in Google Earth​

Google Earth is the recommended platform to visualize Dronetag KML exports. It renders the 3D space accurately, which is especially useful when analyzing flights in complex environments such as dense urban areas or between skyscrapers.

Option A – Google Earth Pro (Desktop) — Recommended​

The desktop version of Google Earth provides the most robust support for 3D flight paths.

  1. Download and install Google Earth Pro for desktop.
  2. Open the application.
  3. Navigate to File → Open...
  4. Select your exported Dronetag KML file.
  5. The flight path will automatically render, allowing you to pan, tilt, and explore the drone route in full 3D.

Option B – Google Earth Web (Browser Version)​

If you prefer using the browser-based version of Google Earth, you can still visualize your detections. However, due to limitations in how the web version parses gx:Track data, a specific import method must be used.

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Important for Google Earth Web users

Do not use the standard “Import KML” button.

The web parser may fail to properly interpret gx:Track elements when imported this way, which can result in an invisible or broken flight path.

  1. Open: https://earth.google.com/web/
  2. Navigate to the Projects tab in the left-hand menu.
  3. Click Open (or New Project).
  4. Select Open KML file from computer.
  5. Choose your exported KML file.

Google Earth Web should now correctly parse the gx:Track element and display the full 3D flight path.

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Detection KML export for testing

Want to try opening a detection in Google Earth but don't have your own file? Donwload a test KML file - the same that is used in the video above.

Test KML detection file download

3. Example Use Cases​

Urban Environment Analysis​

Visualize exactly how a drone navigated through a city environment, including altitude clearance above buildings and proximity to skyscrapers.

Hardware Testing​

Review flight paths to analyze signal strength and coordinate accuracy during antenna or hardware testing.

Compliance & Auditing​

Maintain a precise visual 3D record of compliant flights for operational logging and auditing purposes.