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What is the best platform for mapping around 300km of highway?

Posted by SILVERZORRA on October 29, 2014 at 3:15pm

Hi everyone,

I would like to know what you think is the best solution (price/quality/ease of use) for mapping around 300km (180 miles) of a highway??

We need to do photogrammetry of this project and I have suggested the use of a UAV instead of a manned aircraft.

I imagine that we will need a fix wing solution (or solutions) for doing this project but I would like to have further information.

Any information is useful.

Thanks!!

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- SILVERZORRA > Mauricio November 2, 2014 at 6:11pm
  
  Thanks! I already sent an email asking for pricing.
Matthew October 31, 2014 at 2:35pm

Check out the Lynx UAS at http://swiftradioplanes.com/. Lynx is a 4.6 kg, electric airplane that cruises for 90 minutes with an APS-C camera. Its extremely rugged due to its Kevlar construction.

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- SILVERZORRA > Matthew November 2, 2014 at 6:11pm
  
  Thanks!
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- Adam Kroll October 31, 2014 at 8:12am
  
  Or as the last post said, do it in 2 hours, rather than a week. I know people don't want to hear this on an unmanned forum, but a lot of remote sensing companies that have both uav and manned photogrammetry capabilities, just end up using the manned or satellite platform every time due to the speed and ease of use to get a pilot and a cessna.
  
  What we don't know is, where is this 300km of highway, at 14000ft in the mountains in Peru, in a war torn area where a manned plane would be shot at, in a country where the government controls the aviation industry requiring big bribes to get a manned plane to do a survey like this. These are the areas where UAV's have a competitive advantage.
  - SILVERZORRA > Adam Kroll November 2, 2014 at 6:05pm
    
    Hi Adam,
    
    We cant use manned aircraft for this project and this will be in a country with little control over UAV's, would be at sea level, no security issues for the operator(s).
    
    Regards,
    - Adam Kroll > SILVERZORRA November 2, 2014 at 7:08pm
      
      Can I please ask why a manned aircraft can't be used?
      - SILVERZORRA > Adam Kroll November 2, 2014 at 7:12pm
        
        Adam,
        
        Because we are trying to prove the we can compete with manned aircraft while using UAV´s, so we have to work with an unmanned platform.
        
        Adam Kroll > SILVERZORRA November 3, 2014 at 5:44pm
        
        Hi Silverzorra,
        
        Your results would make a great blog on this website. A lot of people on this website would love for UAV's to be their job, so if we can find markets where UAV's are more competitive than manned aircraft that would help people a lot.
        
        Cheers,
        
        Adam.
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- SILVERZORRA October 31, 2014 at 4:06pm
  
  This is will not be a one time thing... so we are still open to ideas since we will be doing in house work. The manned aircraft is out of the question since the project has to be donde with an UAV. Thanks!!!
naish October 30, 2014 at 10:21pm

I will consider this http://www.c-astral.com

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