Advanced Aerial Mapping Technologies and Procedures Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Aerial Mapping Program Overview
UAS Mapping Principles
General aerial photography
Ortho-photos
Photogrammetry Terrain modeling
3D Models
LiDAR point clouds and scanning
GIS dataset acquisition
UAS Mapping Software Applications
General mapping applications
Survey grade mapping
Dataset sources
Desktop and cloud based
Focus Application – Pix4D
What is it?
Application features
General workflow
Simple Project Demonstration
Basic data requirements
Workflow demonstration
Review results
Pix4D – Advanced Processing Settings
3-Step processing workflow
Initial processing
Point cloud and mesh
DSM, ortho and DTMs
Resources
Advanced Project Demonstration
Project overview
Objectives
Initial processing demonstration
Camera calibration
Point cloud edits
Orthophotos
DTM and surface models
GIS integration
FAA Commercial UAS Regulations
Commercial use activities
FAA Part 107 licensing requirements
Flight regulations for UAS
Airspace restrictions
Credits
This continuing education seminar
provides 6.5 PDHs to professionall
and surveyors and engineers.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and provides 6.5 PDHs to professional land surveyors and engineers in most states, including Pennsylvania. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Pennsylvania.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers and land surveyors in Indiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for engineers in Florida and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
HalfMoon Education has applied to the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors for land survey continuing education credit, which is pending.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal at Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLCMr. Jones, P.E. is president of Hartech Engineering which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the USAF and continues his Masters education locally through Penn State. Additionally, he is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona and Georgia.