Land Surveying with Drones - The Workflow
  • The complete workflow in under 9 minutes!
Introduction
  • About us!
  • Welcome!
  • Who is this course for?
  • Topics covered in this course
Basics of Ground Control Points (GCPs)
  • Definition of GCPs and why they are needed in surveying
  • Global Accuracy
  • What are global coordinates?
  • Global Coordinates
  • Different ways to capture GCPs
Equipment used for onsite capture of GCPs
  • Equipment used for onsite capture of GCPs (1)
  • Equipment used for onsite capture of GCPs (2)
  • Equipment used for onsite capture of GCPs (3)
  • Total Stations
  • GPS
  • On site alternative to using GCPs
  • RTK/PPK Drones
GCP Best Practices
  • GCP best practices (1)
  • Number of GCPs
  • GCP best practices (2)
  • GCP Positioning Strategy
  • GCP best practices (3)
  • GCP Targets
On site demonstration of drone data capture workflow with GCPs
  • Flight planning and GCP positioning strategy
  • Flight Planning
  • On site GCP capture and drone flight execution
  • RTK or PPK?
Processing the data with Pix4D
  • Processing workflow with GCPs (1)
  • Processing workflow with GCPs (2)
  • Absolute Geolocation Error
  • Processing workflow with GCPs (3)
  • Processing workflow with GCPs
  • Difference in outputs between GCP and non GCP processing
  • Differences in outputs with and without GCP processing
  • Differences in outputs with and without GCP processing
  • Conclusion
  • BONUS LECTURE - discounted access to ALL our other courses!
  • Appendix: White paper on GIS based 3d digitization of physical assets