Aerial Mapping Technologies and Procedures
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**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
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**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 5:00 pm
Commercial Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Applications –
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot License
Regulatory overview for commercial applications
Preparing for the test
Where to take the test
Key topics – airspace, sectional charts METARs, TFRs, working with other agencies
Operational safety – flight and maintenance logs
Overview of Commercial sUAS Systems for Surveying
and Engineering Applications
Benefits of sUAS vs traditional manned aircraft photogrammetry
Aircraft types, fixed wing, quad, hex and octa copters
Payload capacity, system redundancy, control and avionics
Cameras: sensor sizes and types, dynamic range, lens specifications
Integration of GPS, Terrestrial and sUAS Data into CAD and GIS
Introduction/refresher to map projections and coordinate systems
Geodetic datums and coordinate systems
Overview of the Transverse Mercator Projection
Grid/ground coordinates and geoid models
Getting terrestrial and GPS data to match and work harmoniously
Map projection setup in AutoCAD, GIS and the .PRJ file
Mapping Using UAS – Preflight
Capture software set-up – Pix4D Capture, DJI Ground Station Pro, Litchi
Preflight planning, project control, GCP location and density
Flight operations and considerations
Photogrammetry Demonstration/Case Study – Post-flight
Pix4D software demonstration
Pix4D – project setup, directory structure, camera optimization parameters
Working with control points, aerial targets and photo ID points
Output deliverables, LAS, DXF, GeoTIFFs
Introduction to Project Validation
Analysis of the Pix4D quality report
What to do when processing goes wrong
Troubles associated with erroneous GCPs and more complex terrain
Going Forward
Implementation of an sUAS program into your surveying company
Questions and answers
Credits
Professional Engineers &
Land Surveyors
7.0 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and land surveyors in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in New Mexico.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and land surveyors.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
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
Edwin Simon
Geospatial Applications, LLCColorado Registered Professional Land Surveyor, Founder of Geospatial Applications, LLC
Mr. Simon has nearly 20 years of land surveying experience and enjoys bringing innovative and disruptive technologies into the surveying and mapping profession. He is intimately familiar with RTK surveying (GPS/ GNSS), static control, map projections, and coordinate systems, and he is certified by the National Geodetic Survey as an OPUS projects manager. Mr. Simon received his FAA Part 107 sUAS license in 2017, and he has been refining workflows to allow sUAS photogrammetry to be utilized effectively in the mountains and forests of southwestern Colorado. He has completed nearly 30 aerial mapping projects utilizing sUAS for both public and private clients including the State of Colorado’s Fort Lewis College, for the Whalen Gymnasium Expansion. Mr. Simon has a passion for photography, mountain biking and fly fishing. In his free time he can be found outside in the mountains surrounding Durango, Colorado.