3D Models Using Drones For Site Surveys?

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John Honovich
Oct 10, 2016
IPVM

Take a look at this video:

It is for an app called DroneDeploy.

Has anyone used anything like this for site surveys?

Someone asked about using it with the IPVM calculator. I think it is an interesting idea.

More broadly, 3D mapping for large scale video surveillance systems has been promoted by a handful of big companies but at a huge cost. Doing it with a drone would likely reduce the cost dramatically and it make it much more practical.

What do you think? Interesting? Applicable? Not interesting / not applicable?

 

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Brian Karas
Oct 10, 2016
IPVM

Hopefully we will see more drone apps like this, now that the FAA has updated regulations, and allows for commercial use of drones.

This seems like it is overly time consuming though, and the results are not perfect, if you really need height/3D mapping I think you can get that info quicker with other methods (building specs/plans, outside measurements, or a laser rangefinder with slope calculations).

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