Author : Madison Palacios Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Mapping with Modern Prosumer Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems by : Madison Palacios Dixon
Download or read book Mapping with Modern Prosumer Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems written by Madison Palacios Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern prosumer small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) have eliminated many historical barriers to aerial remote sensing and photogrammetric survey data generation. The relatively low cost and operational ease of these platforms has driven their adoption for numerous geospatial applications including professional surveying and mapping. However, significant debate exists among geospatial professionals and academics regarding prosumer sUAS ability to achieve “survey-grade” geospatial accuracy ≤ 0.164 ft. in their derivative survey data. To address this debate, a controlled accuracy test experiment was conducted in accordance with federal standards whereby prosumer sUAS geospatial accuracies were reported between 15.367 ft. – 0.09 ft. horizontally and 496.734 ft. – 0.330 ft. vertically at the 95% confidence level. These results suggest prosumer sUAS derived survey data fall short of “survey-grade” accuracy in this experiment. Therefore, traditional surveying instruments and methods should not be relinquished in favor of prosumer sUAS for complex applications requiring “surveygrade” accuracy at this time.