Drone Mapping

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Drone Mapping 2D Orthomosaic and 3D Photogrammetry

Drone mapping is the process of using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs) equipped with cameras or sensors to capture aerial data that is then processed into maps, 3D models, or measurements of the Earth’s surface or structures.

How Drone Mapping Works:

Flight Planning: A mapping drone flies a predefined path over the area of interest, capturing overlapping images at regular intervals. The drone’s camera or sensor (RGB, multispectral, LiDAR, or Thermal) takes hundreds or thousands of photos.

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Cross Hatch 3D flight path for 3D photogrammetry

Photogrammetry Flight PathCross Hatch flight path for 3D photogrammetry

Orthomosaic Flight Path2D flight path for orthomosaic

Individual PhotosEach blue dot corresponds to an image captured

RTK Drone Mapping stands for Real-Time Kinematic Drone Mapping — aAn RTK Mobile Station System (often called an RTK Base Station or RTK Rover System, depending on its role) is part of a Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning setup used to achieve centimeter-level GPS accuracy — far more precise than standard GPS.

Watch this video to see the actual benefits of RTK

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Z-Axiis StabilityWatch the Z-Axis stability in the P4P RTK Drone

Diagram of RTK base station communication flow

RTK Base Station SystemThis diagram show the Base Station connections between devices. No Internet required.

RTK NTRIP-CORS SystemDiagram depicting NTRIP-CORS system to provide RTK corrections. Internet connection required.

Post Production/Data Processing

- Orthomosaic map: A georeferenced, high-resolution map
- 3D Point Clouds/ mesh: A digital reconstruction of terrain or buildings for percise measurements and volumetrics
- Digital Terrain/Digital Surface Models: Height or elevation maps
- Contour maps: Used for engineering and planning
- Volumetric analysis: Calculate stockpile or excavation volumes

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