You are sure looking to go pro.
I too have been here a year now and planted a few trees and rearranged many features.
To me I'm not worried about the overhead view, I use my view, cause that's how I look.
I took the first rules of
permaculture seriously.
Observe.
Then zones.
I have been mapping the sun, looking how water flows, asking what my needs were.
What to I want to see, smell,capture.
I like the design to be inspired, at every square foot.
With as little money spent as possible.
Bill Mollison talked about not liking areal photos, and that we all have god given measurements.
(That little song he sings lol, his "pace")
I'm also scared to map out everything at once because then I feel that it would all have to be done RIGHT NOW!
I don't have the time, funds, or help for that, and by the time I do, I'm sure I'll
think of something else.
I live here, so, I have time.