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Drones for Gravity Terrain CorrectionsAn aerial solution to digital elevation models and gravity terrain corrections
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Introduction: Contract Gravity and Magnetic Surveys since 1980
Surveys in more than 40 countries
Drone operations since 2014
Fixed wing drones for DEM / Orthophoto mapping
Hexacopter for Drone Magnetic Surveys
More than 1000 flights completed
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Gravity Survey Equipment
Gravity Survey Equipment:
Electronic gravity meters: <15 micro-gal accuracy
GNSS Positioning: mm accuracy
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Gravity Survey Equipment
Gravity Surveys require high precision in all three phases of data
collection:
•Gravity Measurement
•Positioning
•Terrain Mapping & Corrections
•Electronic gravity meters can collect data accurate to 0.015 mgals
•GNSS positioning can measure positions to 5mm
•Existing public sourced digital elevation models can be course,
potentially inaccurate and out of date.
•Site specific high resolution elevation models can be acquired
economically by Mapping Drones.
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Terrain Correction Evolution:1970:
Inclinometers & range estimates or topographic maps and
templates.
◦ Poor accuracy and highly variable.
2005:
Reflector-less hand held lasers and/or GNSS survey
◦ Good results in limited areas
◦ Laborious
◦ Prone to errors
2015:
DEM
◦ Good quality in some areas of the world
◦ Limited availability
LIDAR and remote sensing surveys:
◦ Accurate
◦ Vegetation not a hindrance to elevation model
◦ Relatively expensive, Complex logistics
Drone based Mapping
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Mapping
Drone
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Case Study Results:
2398 photos
6.5 square kms
3 days, 11 flights
Export 1m Digital Surface Model
10800 gravity stations
Average vertical offset surveyed sites to DEM: 0.10m
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SRTM 1second elevation model
Approximately 850 data points within a 6.5 km² survey area. This model would be unable to produce the
high accuracy terrain corrections required for a micro-gravity survey and results in poorly corrected gravity
data and unreliable results.
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High Resolution DEM by Drone Mapping
Using the Drone based mapping system, over 2000 photos were acquired over the 6.5 km² survey area and processed to produce a high accuracy 1m elevation model.
The resultant DEM has 6.5 million data points
This terrain model allows very high accuracy terrain corrections and facilitates a reliable micro-gravity survey.
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3D Orthophoto of Survey Site
3D render of 1m drone acquired terrain model.
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Orthophoto of Mine pit
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Orthophoto of Mine pit with Gravity Stations
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Topographic Profile
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Bouguer Gravity no Terrain Correction
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Bouguer Gravity with SRTM Terrain Correction
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Bouguer Gravity with Drone Terrain Corrections
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Residual Gravity No Terrain Corrections
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Terrain Corrected by Drone DEM
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Drone Mapping Experience (600 flights):
Advantages:
Cost effective method of creating elevation models.
Highly accurate
Allows us to create larger scale elevation models than could never be
created with land based survey solutions.
Limitations:
Reliability and maintenance
Suitable for areas of 200 square kms or less
Tree & Vegetation cover impacts elevation model
Processing time & computing resources
Requires precise ground control
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Summary:
Drone derived Digital Elevation Models are a viable
option for terrain correcting gravity surveys
Tremendous accuracy; typically better than 25cms
Resultant DEM yields extremely accurate terrain
corrections to match modern gravity survey
equipment resolutions
Cost effective
Simple logistics
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