Putting your UAV’s to work

A new tool to convert UAV col lected data

into ready to use for datasets for your

GIS applications.

Gordon Sumer l ing

Esri and ForestryEsri has dedicated over 40 years to the

global forest products industry.

Business Drivers

Supporting our forestry users

Traditionally

• Making maps

• Quantifying management decisions

• Regulatory compliance

• Monitoring activities

Emerging

• Workforce mobility

• Emergency response

• Public outreach

Market Overview

Most disruptive geospatial technology since GPS

1. 20% annual growth Internationally

next 5 years (Forbes, March 2015)

2. 30% in APAC alone

3. Massive Venture Capital tops $100

Million in 2014 (Forbes, Feb/15)

4. Applies where traditional aerial and

satellite imaging never made

economic sense

5. Extensive overlap with Esri’s

Customer Base

201620122009

$1.5

billion

We are here

DIY

Consumer

Enterprise

Drones as GIS Productivity Tools

Supporting forest management

1. Capture small extents of

forests to support

operational planning

2. Analyze collected data and

turn it into actionable

information

3. Monitor the progress of

operational activities

Drones as GIS Productivity Tools

Benefits of drones in forestry

1. Faster and cheaper compared to

using aircraft and helicopters

2. Requires fewer people in the field

than “boots on the ground”

3. Increased accuracy over field

surveys

4. Fly when, where, and how you want

5. Shorter turnaround for processing

6. Repeatable

A Variety of Choices

Fixed wing versus rotary

DJI – Phantom

eBee Ag

Reigl RiCopter with LIDAR

MicaSense RedEdge

Velodyne VLP-16

Aerovironment Raven

3DR – Solo / Sony RC10

GoPro Hero4

Parrot Sequoia

Multispectral

RGB or Multispectral

Implementation Strategy

Follows the typical pattern for any other type of imagery solution

CTTasking

(Flight Planning)

PCollection Processing

E DExploitation Dissemination

Primary Focus Area

Potential Complimentary Solution

Current solution is focused on the processing of UAS imagery with a

geospatial component and limited efforts on Tasking and Collection.

Other Esri initiatives for flight planning, navigation, package delivery and

other or non-geospatial applications are being considered.

Esri’s Position in the UAS Landscape

A mixture of solutions including both software and hardware

TTasking

CCollection

PProcessing

EExploitation

DDissemination

Advanced Platforms: Riegl, Aerovel

Post Processing: Drone Mapper,

Icaros, AgiSoft Open Drone Map

Mid Tier Platforms: 3D Robotics, SenseFly, DJI, …

TCPED Software (Platform Agnostic): Drone Deploy (100% SaaS), Pix4D

Emerging Turnkey: Skycatch, Altavian, Agribotix (Ag Mkt), Kespry, Precision Hawk

Manage Enterprise

Established : Trimble, Leica Geosystems,

Components: AirWare, Tetracam, MicaSense Slantrange

Flight Management: OpenPilot, 3DR Site Scan ArcGIS

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ArcGIS with Drone to Map App (UAS/Sensor Neutral)

Operational Patterns

Geography binds them all together

2D Mapping

Imagery Mosaics

Inspection

Oblique Images & Video

3D Mapping

Elevation Products

Monitoring

Motion Imagery

Static Aerial Imagery VideoDrone2Map FMV Tools

Drone2Map

Drone2Map for ArcGISAccurate 2D & 3D Map Products

Implementation:

• Is a Windows App running on a PC or Windows Tablet

• Does not require ArcGIS Desktop

• Publishes output directly to ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS

Online

Fly Drone Run App Get Map

2D Image Maps (Ortho Mosaics):

• Map Accurate

• Seamless stitched for base mapping

• Files or tile Cache

3D Elevation Products:

• Digital Surface Model (DSM)

• Point Cloud (LAS)

• 3D Mesh Models

Smart Inspection Photos:

• Non-Distorted but Map Accurate

• Works for vertical and oblique photos

• Complete 3D Measurements

Drone2MapProduces three primary image products

Overlapping

Static Aerial Photos

Key Features:

• Intuitive built-in Workflow

• Smart Defaults

• In-the-field Verification

2D Image Maps

• Ortho Photos – Tiffs

• Image Base Maps

• Basic Spectral Products

3D Elevation Products

• Terrain Mapping

• Elevation Models

• 3D Feature Extraction

• Point Clouds

Smart Inspection Photos

• Antennas & Towers

• Vegetation

• Building Inspection

• Transmission Lines

• Water Towers

• Storage Tanks

• Other Industrial

Challenges in Forestry

• Field of View of the camera

• Flying height

Challenges in Forestry : Solutions

• Smaller Field of View

• Fly higher, better resolution cameras

Challenges in Forestry : Solutions

• Increase image overlap

• Mission planning software that allows

you to control the flight path

• Mapping

• 80% forward

• 60% Sideways

• Forestry

• 85-90% forward

• 70-80% sideways

Side

Overlap

Forward

Overlap

• Ground Control

- Ties the imagery to the ground

- Allows accurate spatial calculations

• How Many

- Minimum of 4 evenly spaced through

the imagery

- Additional GCP to check the accuracy

of the imagery

Very Important : GCP

Demo

Learn More

Drone2Map : http://www.esri.com/products/drone2map

Licensing

• Named User

• Annual Subscription

Data

• Any type of Drone

• Simply X, Y, Z data

Output

• Mosaiced Image

• DSM

• Point Cloud

• 3D texture Mesh

THANK YOU

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