Unmanned Systems Geospatial Applications - Ryan Riley

Introduction This lab is a two-part lab. The first part is setting up and pre-flighting the Bramor C-Astral fixed wing UAV. The second part of the lab is working with the mission planning/monitoring software that the C-Astral utilizes. Pre-Flight Checklist The first part of pre-flighting comes before leaving the office. The included checklist book actually has a section called the Office Checklist. This checklist allows the pilot to ensure that every part of the flight kit is included in the case, batteries, tablet, and ground control station are charged, and that in general nothing has been left behind. Sometimes jobs can have flights that are an hour or more drive away, this checklist just helps the POC make sure that they haven't wasted half a day driving around only to realize they left something behind. The actual pre-flight of this aircraft is incredible strict and specific. It is a very expensive aircraft, therefore you would not want anything to go wrong. Followi

Introduction What is Image Annotation? Image annotation is the process of removing unwanted parts of an image from the ray cloud. For example, in the first data set used for this lab we wanted to isolate the truck from the rest of the image. Using image annotation we are able to remove the pavement and other parts of the image to leave just the truck. At what phase in the processing is this performed? Image annotation is performed after the first step, Initial Processing, has been completed, but before the second step has been completed. What types of Image Annotation are there? There are three types of image annotation: Mask, Global Mask, and Carve.  Mask annotation would be used for removing an obstacle that appears in a few images, such as scaffolding or tree branches. Global Mask annotation would be used when there is a consistent obstacle between all of the images, such as if the landing gear or propeller from the UAV was in view of the camera lens. Carve ann

DJI Matrice 600 Field Notes 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: Clear skies, 59 degrees F Aeropoint GCPs GCP 217 placed in NW corner of the field GCP 943 placed near the shed on the west side of the field GCP 491 placed near the cages on the west end of the field GCP 142 placed at SW corner of the field GCP 500 placed SE corner of the field in a clearing GCP 360 placed at east end of field by tall/dead weeds GCP 205 placed in east end and middle of the field GCP 420 placed in the center of the target area GCP 034 placed in the middle of the field on the east end GCP 747 placed NE corner by the truck Flights A series of flights were conducted at Martell forest, with Lucas Wright, and Jaspar Saadi-Klein piloting as well. One flight was conducted as a cross-hatched, 60 degree angled-sensor flight, and an additional polygon n