mobilization . Other advantages include :
• Less constrained by weather than manned aircraft because of lowaltitude acquisition , UAS lidar can operate even on cloudy days .
• UAS lidar can penetrate heavily forested areas to reach the ground and
create an accurate terrain model quickly . Traditional survey may require cutting lines across such a challenging environment .
• It ’ s a cost-effective , quick solution that can collect lidar for an area over 50 acres or along a 1.5-mile corridor in a single flight . The system can then be serviced in 10 minutes and put back up for another flight .
• It allows for pinpointed management of vegetation around utility corridors rather than expensive on-the-ground inspection of an entire corridor .
• Oblique RGB cameras allow us to colorize the point cloud so that assets are not only accurately located , but easily recognizable too .
New UAS unit delivers precise orthoimagery and inspection
Ayres ’ new medium format 100 megapixel Phase One iXM100 metric camera mounted on a DJI M-600 Pro airframe delivers benefits to clients who need high-precision orthoimagery over a small area or who need superior-quality inspection imagery delivered by UAS .
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The camera offers the same quality of imagery as from a fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter but is more economical for data collection over small areas .
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