Unmanned aerial vehicle management system

In a computer system, a method for fulfilling a request from a user, comprising:

• receiving a service request from a remote client device, the service request specifying a destination site;
• responsive to receiving the service request, selecting a distribution center from a plurality of candidate distribution centers, the selection based on a location of the destination site;
• sending at least a portion of the service request to the distribution center;
• generating mission data that configures the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate to the destination site;
• receiving a route refinement selection;
• validating the route refinement selection to verify whether the route refinement selection will introduce errors into the mission data;
• and
• communicating the mission data to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

In a computer system, a method for determining a route for an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

• receiving a service request from a user operating a remote client device, the service request specifying a destination site within a geographic area, the geographic area associated with stored terrain data in a terrain map database;
• generating a displayable representation of the geographic area based on the stored terrain data;
• sending the displayable representation of the geographic area to the remote client device;
• receiving at least one route refinement selection from the remote client device;
• validating the route refinement selection to ensure that an error will not be introduced into the route;
• and
• generating a route within the geographic area for the unmanned aerial vehicle using the at least one route refinement selection from the remote client device.

In a computer system, a method for determining a route for an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

• receiving a service request from a user operating a remote client device, the service request specifying a destination site within a geographic area, the geographic area associated with stored terrain data in a terrain map database;
• generating a displayable representation of the geographic area based on the stored terrain data;
• causing the displayable representation of the geographic area to be sent to the remote client device;
• receiving a route refinement selection including a trajectory from the remote client device;
• and
• generating a route for the unmanned aerial vehicle that is within the geographic area and includes the trajectory.