FPV Map

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Explore places.
Learn to fly.
Design the shot.

FPV Map is a virtual flying-camera experience for Android. Read a real DJI RC 3, fly over photorealistic Google Maps 3D, and rehearse a shot before you ever put an aircraft in the air.

Take my first flight I know the controls

Demo location for every screenshot: Transamerica Pyramid and the Financial District, San Francisco.

FPV Map flying over the Transamerica Pyramid and the Financial District in San Francisco, with the goggle HUD hidden for a clean view
Clean capture view over the Financial District. The HUD can be hidden without leaving the live map.

Start with your goal

What do you want to do?

You do not have to read this in order. Pick the outcome that matches the job in front of you.

I'm new — take my first flight Anchor the map, find the sticks and make one controlled movement. I want cinematic shots Learn the shot types, then practise them over a real skyline. I need to plan a shot Turn a location and a story beat into a one-page shot brief. I already know the controls Jump straight to the complete input and on-screen control tables.

Popular guides

The pages pilots use most

See all four paths →
Start here Beginner

Your first five minutes

Open the app, anchor the map to a real place, and make your first controlled movement.

6 min read
Learn the controls Beginner

Mode 2 at a glance

Throttle, yaw, pitch and roll — with an exercise for each axis.

10 min read
Learn cinematic flying Beginner

The establishing shot

Introduce the Financial District before the main subject.

8 min read
Learn cinematic flying Intermediate

The orbit

Keep a subject framed while moving around it at a steady radius.

9 min read
Build a shot from an idea Intermediate

Build a shot from an idea

Scout the Financial District, choose a move, fly it, and document it.

10 min read
Build a shot from an idea

Write a one-page shot brief

A template your pilot, director or editor can actually use.

7 min read

Before you install

Compatibility at a glance

  • Android 8.0+ (API 26), arm64-v8a, with Google Play services.
  • DJI FPV Remote Controller 3 over USB-C/OTG is the validated controller. The app reads it; it never controls an aircraft.
  • No controller? The on-screen virtual sticks still fly the virtual drone.
  • Maps 3D coverage is limited. 3D terrain is broad; photoreal buildings exist only in meshed areas. The Financial District is covered.
Full requirements →

Read this first

Virtual rehearsal is not flight training

FPV Map is a simulator. It does not certify you to fly, does not validate airspace or permissions, and does not model wind, obstacles, GPS reliability, battery behaviour or the exact output of a real camera.

Use it to learn the controls, explore a place and communicate a shot idea. Then do the legal, safety and site checks that a real flight requires.

What FPV Map does not do →

All documentation

Start here

Understand the app

Learn the controls

Learn cinematic flying

Composition and storytelling

Build a shot from an idea

Events and production

FPV Map and Earth Studio

Advanced techniques

Reference and troubleshooting