Welcome to Colorfinder, your second set of eyes for any search and rescue (SAR) mission. Colorfinder is Nova’s automated anomaly detection tool. Choose the colors you’re looking for, and Colorfinder will flag every match across your scene in a fraction of the time it would take to search manually.

Table of Contents

Before You Start

Turning On Graphics Acceleration

If no videos or photos appear in the ColorFinder viewport, turn on graphics acceleration in Chrome, click the link for a walkthrough. Enable Telemetry Data

1. Open Chrome and go to Settings.
2. Select System.
3. Turn on Use graphics acceleration when available.
4. Select Relaunch to restart Chrome, then reopen ColorFinder.

Uploading MP4 and Telemetry Data

Telemetry data is required for ColorFinder to place points on the map, which show where each color anomaly is located. Make sure telemetry recording is turned on for your drone before you fly. Follow the links below to ensure it’s enabled correctly.

1. Select Colorfinder, Import your MP4 and telemetry data, then select Process.

1. ColorFinder is the only feature in Nova that can process data locally. Once processing is finished, select View Color Data.