Marsrobotic Uses An Aeromapper Talon Base UAV System

Traditionally, surveying of landscapes, be it natural or the built environment, was done using land-based surveying methods and flight transects were considered costly and sometimes dangerous. A GIS and remote sensing team from Al al-Bayt University and MARSRobotics®, Jordan, explored the use of our Aeromapper UAV as a tool for object-based classification using high spatial resolution orthoimages and digital surface model (DSM) layers. DSM layers show the 3D structure of an image. The team flew the Aeromapper talon at 400m altitude and a speed of 15 m/s, which produced clear images from their Sony Alpha ILCE-A6000 camera. They were able to conclude that resolution within orthoimages was indeed an important factor in how accurate the classification of objects and that the UAV’s GNSS PPK (Post Processing Kinematic) system performed well for the experimental survey, getting great ground resolution accuracy without ground points. For more information, please find the publication here: https://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=86497