Luke Hull UAS Geospatial Applications

Introduction This lab walks through the Pre-Flight, mission planning and CRM (Crew Resource Management) operations of the C-Astral Bramor and other complex autonomous systems. When working with these complex systems Crew Resource Management is extremely important, flight crews need to work efficiently and accurately together in order to avoid risks and ensure a safe operation. Crews that become complacent with their Pre-Flight operations will inevitably have unsuccessful operations.  The C3P software Bramor uses for Flight Planning allows the crew to run simulated flight operations to ensure their flight will be successful and safe. The Bramor also provides an extensive pre-flight checklist that crews should follow accurately before each operation. Communication between crew members is key in the pre flight operations to ensure each step is completed correctly and there will be a safe flight.  Flight Planning with C3P West Lafayette, IN Before going out to the fi...

Introduction In this lab we used oblique imagery to create 3 dimensional models of a truck and a baseball field light pole. Oblique imagery allows the user to capture objects at many different angles and when stitched together in the point cloud creates an accurate 3D object. Oblique imagery is different from the Nadir data used in past labs. Nadir data provides the user with a more accurate image for mapping and surveying, Nadir imagery will take away some of the warping of objects when the sensor is at an angle.  When processing oblique imagery it is important to annotate the images to create a more accurate and less busy data set. We do this to take out unwanted aspects of the data set such as backgrounds, sky or other unwanted objects that take away from the target. We are able to do this in Pix4D by selecting the area we want to get rid of or annotating the image. Image annotation can be done by three different methods within Pix4D, these methods are; carve, mask and gl...

MetaData Pilot: Evan Hockridge Platform: DJI Matrice 600 Sensor: Zenmuse x5 Location: Martell Forest  Date:4/2/19 Time: 11:30AM Altitude: 90m Weather/ Conditions: High clouds, Clear Skies Flights Multiple flights were conducted of the forest. One flight was flown in a polygon with the sensor in the nadir position. Another flight was done in a grid pattern with a 60 degree tilt on the sensor. We then did 2 flights over the path/ drive way.  Figure 1: Aircraft Ground Control Points GCP 217: Northwest corner of the field GCP 943: Near the shed on the west end of the field GCP 491: Near cages located on the west end of the field GCP 142: Southwest corner of the field GCP 500: Southeast corner of the field in an opening GCP 360: East end of field by area of tall/ dead weeds GCP 205: East end in the middle of the field GCP 420: In the center of the target area GCP 034: Middle of the field on the east end GCP 747: Northeast corner by the...

Yuneec H520 Field Notes Metadata Pilot: Lucas Wright Platform: Yuneec H520 Location: Martell Forest Date/ Time: 3/26/2019, 11:20 am EST Altitude: 80m Weather/ conditions: Clear, 50 degrees F, 0% precipitation, no wind Figure 1: Aircraft Ground Control Points: GCP 747 placed and activated(confirming red light was on) by pile of dirt at the west/north corner of the field. GCP 034 was placed and activated further west of GCP 1, on the corner of the field by the road. GCP 420 was placed and activated by the cages on the far west end of the field GCP 360 was placed and activated in a gap between the trees in the field, after the cages GCP 943 was placed and activated on top of a small hill at the far end of the trees GCP 205 was placed and activated in the far southeast corner of the field  GCP 142 was placed and activated at the beginning of the middle area of the field as running from east to west, just west of the fair tip plants GCP 500 was pl...