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Drones equipped with visual sensors are extensively utilized in various area coverage applications such as area mapping, monitoring of crops and road traffic, rescue operations, and so on. To enhance the coverage process, a suitable mobility model and an effective way of data communication are required. In literature, many works have been performed by focusing on the above‐mentioned aspects individually. However, unwanted information processing and a less packet delivery ratio with high message flooding are some shortcomings that have been seen in existing works on mobility model and routing protocol respectively. The above‐mentioned issues motivate us to propose a three‐level working process of ground area coverage, which includes the design of a mobility model as well as a routing mechanism incorporating the above‐mentioned mobility pattern. A set of waypoints for the movement of a drone …