b y B r a d S c h m i d t
plots, to forest cover, to land use and
parcel mapping and much, much,
more. Today, remote sensing
technologies are playing and ever
increasing role in capturing survey
grade data for a variety of
applications including for parcel
mapping purposes. This is no more
evident than with the UAV survey and
mapping industry.
variety of methods to collect this
information, the most common being
a traditional land survey approach
where a survey team uses a Total
Station among other equipment such
as static GNSS to accurately capture
land parcel information. For larger
areas, manned airborne surveys
have become the standard
methodology, where high quality
metric cameras and scanners are
used to collect imagery in support of
survey and mapping projects,
including parcel mapping. For
municipal parcel mapping, these
surveys tend to cover an entire
urban area to a resolution
UAVs for Parcel Mapping are providing a much-needed complimentary option to
more traditional methods from both manned airborne and satellite mapping
platforms.
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About Author
Brad Schmidt
Global UAV Sales Manager
Applanix Corporation
(A Trimble Company)
Email - bschmidt@applanix.com
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emote sensing has long been
a valuable tool for mapping
everything from agriculture
Traditionally, survey and mapping
companies have employed a
Methods of Data Collection
