UAV for Surveyors and Spatial Analysts
An emerging technology for the Geospatial
Industry
Warren Eade– Mapping and Mobile Manager
Why UAS?
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New emerging
for Surveyors
• Complementary to Traditional Surveying
technologies and to Traditional
Photogrammetry
• Many UAV’s but not many targeting the
Surveying industry yet
Benefits
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Economic
Hazardous & Hard-to-Reach Areas
Fast & Flexible
Accessible & Easy to use
Safe
Aerial imagery in your hands!
Why Gatewing?
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• Not just a cool plane but a sophisticated
Solution for Surveyors
• Extremely good fit with Trimble Values and
Strategy
• Mature and Professional
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Introduction to Gatewing
Image acquisition with the Gatewing X100™
Image processing with Gatewing Stretchout™
Data products
Gatewing at a glance
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Founded in 2008
Headquarter in Ghent, Belgium
Business in the surveying & mapping industry
Offers a revolutionary tool for fast and high quality aerial
terrain surveying & mapping
• Integration of advanced hardware & software
• Based on in-house Unmanned Aircraft System
technology
• Distribution by Trimble dealers
Rapid mapping tool
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Mapping & surveying
Light UAV
Compact camera
New-generation
photogrammetry
• Vision software tools &
automation
[ EU design patent ]
[ Patent pending production method ]
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Business model
• Supplier of a rapid mapping solution: X100™ + Stretchout™
Do Consider
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Purpose of output Imagery
Environmental Factors
Take Off and Landing sites
Ground Control
No Fly Zones
Insurance
Terrain
Spare Parts
Computer Spec’s
• No Training No Sale!
Supporting services
• Training + operational & technical support
Construction, mining, plantations
What else ?
• Land reclamation
• 3D modeling, visualization
• Waste management
• Road works
• Pipelines (oil, gas …)
• Forestry
• Flooding
• Safety assessment
• Erosion monitoring
• Volume calculation (stock piles)
• Research (geology, archaeology…)
• Asset management
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Introduction
Image acquisition with the Gatewing X100™
Image processing with Gatewing Stretchout™
Data products
FULLY AUTOMATED
PRE-PROGRAMMED
AERIAL
SCAN
FLIGHT
PLAN
Some X100 specs
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Mass
2.0 kg
Cruise speed
75 km/h
Top speed
130 km/h
Wind speed
up to 65 km/h
Endurance
45 min
Mapping @ 5 cm
1,5 km2
Mapping @ 10 cm 3 km2
Foldable launcher, easy setup
Automatic from launch to recovery
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Rugged ground control station
Integrated radio equipment
Easy to use flight planning software
Surveyor oriented
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Product & servicing philosophy
High end, black box electronics in an expendable wing
“We don’t repair, but we replace …”
Overall design: focus on safety!
 Safety critical design
 Safety of operations
< 2 kg
Low altitude
Shock-absorbing structure
Fail-safe procedures
Electric propulsion
Automated from start to
Low level of complexity
landing
Pre-programmed mission
Seagull, North Sea, 1.75 kg
[ active member of Eurocae ]
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Introduction
Gatewing X100
Image processing options
Data products
Gatewing Stretchout™
• Highly advanced vision software
• Turns your X100 image data into georeferenced
orthophotos and DSMs
• Fast (hundreds of images whithin minutes)
• Accurate (accuracy comparible with LiDAR)
• Easy (one click solution)
Gatewing Cloud
• Easy upload of Gatewing X100 image data set to
Gatewing’s cloud server
• Download your orthophoto or DSM within a few hours.
• Secure upload
• Free accuracy report
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X100 also compatible with other software
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Ensomosaic & Ensomosaic 3D
Photoscan
Icaros
BINGO
INPHO
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Introduction
Gatewing X100
Image processing options
Data products
Clay Mine Site
Orthophoto
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1500 x 1000 m
30 min flight
900 pictures @ 10 Mp
5 cm GSD
90% forward / 60% side
overlap
Clay Mine Site - DSM
Dredge deposit
Dredge Deposit
• 1500 x 300 m
• 10 min flight at 120 m
• based on 400 pictures
• 5 cm ground resolution
Accuracy sample
Dredge Deposit
1.5 x 0.3 km
5 cm GSD
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X100 vs. manual survey
Gatewing – 300.000 pts
Ground survey – 1000 pts
Gold mine - DSM
Thank you for your attention
www.gatewing.com