Surveying With sUAS - Beyond The Hype

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

Session Overview

Surveying with sUAS…..

• The Hype!

• Applications

• Value

• Beyond The Hype

• Questions/ Discussion

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

Hype n. extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion

“Our UAV is capable of covering ground areas ranging from 1.5km2 - 10km2 (at 3cm - 30cm pixels) to provide results to as low as 5cm horizontal and vertical”

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“…..complete, affordable surveying solution in your hands…..”

“With 165 minutes endurance we flew 100km of pipeline ……..”

…a proliferation of Surveying platforms…

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

…..and data processing solutions…..

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

Resources Applications

Produce survey quality 3D surface data and/or orthorectified imagery

• Exploration & Evaluation

• Well suited for brownfields, targeted deposits, re-establishment

• Complements concurrent surveying and spatial activities

• Supports DFS and BFS :

• Orebody modelling

• Infrastructure and extraction design considerations

• Flood studies

• EIS

• Benchmark for reclamation and remediation

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Resources Applications

• Mine Construction • Infrastructure planning and mapping

• Civils/ earthworks reconciliation

• Progress reporting

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

• Mine Production • ROM, stockpiles, waste dumps, pit

mapping and volumes • Contractor reconciliation • Mine plans, asset and infrastructure

mapping

Resources Applications

• Environment & Safety

• Encroachments

• Slips, failures

• Accident and emergency

• Rehabilitation monitoring

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UAS Survey Value

Surveyor

Project

Client

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

-tool in the surveyor’s tool box

-frees up survey resource

-2D, 3D, 4D, raster, vector, point cloud

-incidental data capture

-reduced machinery, weather exposure

-permanent, complete record -reduced time & cost to obtain spatial data

Beyond The Hype

1. Surveying Expertise- Survey Data Quality and Integrity

“A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse,

not a remarkable mathematician”…….. Samuel Johnson- Writer

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

Beyond The Hype

1. Surveying Expertise- Survey Data Quality and Integrity It’s a surveying/ mapping job- is UAV the right tool?

• Need to understand project requirements and apply the best solution:

• How is the data to be used?

• Accuracy, precision?

• Resolution?

• Error budget?

• Raw outputs?

• Derived deliverables?

• Timeliness of delivery?

• Cost effectiveness?

• Alternative method?

• Who’s signing off?

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Beyond The Hype

2. Scrutiny • Compliance

• UOC

• RPC

• VLOS/VMC

• AA

• ATC

• Operational

• RA

• SHEWMS

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Beyond The Hype

3. Operating Environment

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Beyond The Hype

4. Accident Damage

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Beyond The Hype

5. Technology Evolution • UAV

• Increased duration

• Increased payload capacity

• Improved flight, navigation performance

• Sensors

• Miniaturisation, resolution

• Multiple band, lidar

• Improved gimbals

• Plug and play modules

• RTK

Accelerated hardware obsolescence

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Beyond The Hype

Use an Expert or Become an Expert

• It’s a surveying job, not necessarily a flying job, be open minded

• Is the data workflow going to give me the result I need?

• Additional legal obligations

• Is the UAS fit for purpose?

• Can I stay current?

It’s all about data integrity and quality- beware the “remarkable horse”!

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In Summary

Surveying with sUAS provides resources sector with valuable options

Complementary surveying system

Rapid and continuous hardware and software improvement

Early adopters and the market are still learning

The Hype will continue!

Surveying With sUAS- Beyond The Hype Regional Sustaining Partner

Questions/ Discussion

Darren Wilkinson dwilkinson@landsurveys.net.au

0433 145 290