Land Estate

Mission Summary

• Goal: To create a 3D site map that included site conditions, retaining walls and a newly built house with a Mavic Pro.
• Tech: DJI Mavic Pro, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Mid-afternoon, cloudy, windy
• Outcome: Site conditions processed well however the quality of the model of the new house was low.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Community Sport Centre

Mission Summary

• Goal: To practice scanning methodology with a Mavic Pro in tight, windy conditions.
• Tech: DJI Mavic Pro, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Mid-afternoon, cloudy, windy

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Equip Shelter As-Built

Image from drone for an as-built scan 

Mission Summary

• Goal: To re-scan the as-built structure for a project that was initially scanned by drone and then designed and delivered in Revit.
• Tech: DJI Phantom 3 4K, Drone Deploy

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Storm Damage Assessment

Drone Inspection - Storm Damage

Conducting a site inspection to assess and document the extent of storm damage to a public building.

Mission Summary

• Goal: To use drone imagery to assist with a storm damage inspection on a Government building
• Tech: DJI Phantom 3 4K, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Midday, cloudy and windy
• Outcome: The imagery was extremely valueable and instrumental in delivering a high quality report to the client.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Residential Framed Roof

Mission Summary

• Goal: To assess the effectiveness of drone scanning a complex framed structure
• Tech: DJI Phantom 3 4K, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Midday, cloudy, low wind
• Outcome: Whilst the walls and site have been processed well, the frame roof was not completely rendered.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Shipping Container - 3D Scan Inspection

Mission Summary

• Goal:  Test manual camera settings for low light conditions
• Tech: DJI Phantom 3 4K, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Evening (low light)
• Outcome: Adjusting the camera settings to low light conditions was a success.

Back on the farm in Nannup, it was too much to resist not scanning a shipping container used for extra storage.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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BBQ - 3D Scan

Mission Summary

• Goal:  Test photogrammetry from a smartphone
• Tech: iPhone8s, Autodesk ReCap
• Conditions: Midday and raining
• Outcome: Smartphone camera can be a powerful tool for reality capture

We were down at the local park for an afternoon walk, when I went to test some simple photogrammetry methodology using my smartphone daughter decided she wanted to be part of the scan.

This (IMO) was a successful scan.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Golden Pipeline - 3D Scan Inspection

Pipeline Inspection

Mission Summary

• Goal:  Determine of drone imagery is effective for pipeline inspection purposes
• Tech: DJI Phantom 3 4K, Drone Deploy
• Conditions: Early Afternoon and sunny
• Outcome: Drone imagery enables quick and accurate analysis and it also shows the larger field-scale trends that can go unseen at ground level 

It was a gorgeous winter day so we packed the family up (along with a thermos and tea) and headed east to the fringes of the wheat belt with the aim of finding an un-shaded length of the iconic Golden Pipeline to scan. I have previously had two failed attempts of scanning the pipeline, both of these done closer to the city and in areas with far more tree cover.

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Homestead - 3D Scan

3D house scan

Mission Summary

• Goal:  A
• Tech: B
• Conditions: Early Afternoon and sunny
• Outcome: Drone 

It was a

This has been another 'drone adventure' in aerial surveying, inspection and mapping by The Aero Scout.

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Stel Tree - 3D Scan

Mission Summary

• Goal:  Test photogrammetry from a smartphone
• Tech: iPhone8s, Autodesk ReCap
• Conditions: Early Afternoon and cloudy
• Outcome: Handheld camera in a smartphone can be a powerful tool for reality capture

We were down at the local park for an afternoon walk, when I went to test some simple photogrammetry methodology using my smartphone daughter decided she wanted to be part of the scan.

Photogrammetry scan of tree (and daughter) using an iPhone

You can see that  whilst she assures me she did not move a muscle there is still some slight distortion around her body, whilst the tree is in near perfect focus. I guess this demonstrates how sensitive the technique is to even the slightest movement. Also see video below; 

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