This project consists of a Python backend API and a React frontend. Follow the steps below to set up and run both.

• Python 3.8+
• Node.js 16+ and npm
• Git

cd backend

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python main.py

The backend API will start running and serve requests from the frontend.

cd frontend

npm install

npm start

or

npm run dev

The frontend will open in your browser, typically at http://localhost:5173 (Vite default).

If you want to set up both backend and frontend from the root directory:

# Backend setup
cd backend
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# In one terminal, run the backend
python main.py

# In another terminal, set up and run the frontend
cd ../frontend
npm install
npm start

To run the complete pipeline (data loading, routing, and visualization):

cd backend
source venv/bin/activate
python main.py

This will:

• Load the data.
• Solve the routing problem.
• Generate the drone_missions_map.html file in the project root.

You can then open drone_missions_map.html in your browser to view the interactive map of drone missions.

.
├── data/
│   ├── asset_indexes.npy
│   ├── distance_matrix.npy
│   ├── photo_indexes.npy
│   ├── points_lat_long.npy
│   ├── polygon_lon_lat.wkt
│   ├── predecessors.npy
│   ├── waypoint_indexes.npy
├── src/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── config.py
│   ├── data_loader.py
│   ├── routing.py
│   ├── path_decoder.py
│   ├── visualize.py
├── main.py
├── requirements.txt
├── .gitignore
├── venv/
└── drone_missions_map.html

• data/: Contains input data files.
• src/: Contains modular Python scripts for the pipeline.
• main.py: Entry point for the pipeline.
• requirements.txt: Lists Python dependencies.
• .gitignore: Specifies files to ignore in version control.
• drone_missions_map.html: Output file with the interactive map.

1. Virtual Environment Not Activated:

   • Ensure you see (venv) in your terminal prompt.
   • Run source venv/bin/activate to activate the virtual environment.

2. Missing Dependencies:

   • Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all required packages.

3. Index Out of Bounds Errors:

   • Ensure all .npy and .wkt files are in the data/ directory.

Refer to the official documentation for tools used in this project:

• Google OR-Tools Routing
• SciPy Dijkstra
• Plotly