1. Thanks for having me out! Hopefully you enjoyed the presentation.

2. Federal Regulatory Environment

3. Federal Regulatory Environment
Top 5 Things – FAR Part 101
Applies to Hobbyist Operation Of sUAS “Drones”.
Took effect in 2012 as part of Public Law , Part 336.
There will not be a test.
There are limits: 400’ high and line of site, 5 miles from airport.
As of December 2015 required registration with FAA.

4. Federal Regulatory Environment
Top 5 Things – FAR Part 107
Applies to Commercial Operations and other hobbyist activities that are not covered in Part 101.
Effective August 29.
There will be test.
There are limits: 400’ high and line of site
FAA Certification will be:
Unmanned Aircraft Certification with sUAS Rating.

5. Texas Regulatory Environment
Top 4 Things – HB 912 “The Drone Act”
Went into effect September 1st of 2013.
It is all about privacy.
It is lawful to capture images from unmanned aircraft.
It is unlawful if there is “intent to conduct surveillance”

6. Austin Regulatory Environment
Top 3 Things – Austin Drone Enforcement
Went into effect April 16, 2015
It is all about Safety.
It is unlawful to fly over people.
Will likely be modified with FAA Part 107 and Part 101.

7. What Are Drones Up To

8. Motion Picture and Television Drone Video Capture Le Mans at Circuit Of The Americas

9. Versatile and Portable DJI Inspire 2 With X5S Camera

10. Can Be Transported As Luggage Under 50lbs Total

11. Spherical Panoramas Proprietary: Camera Wings “PanoPro”

12. Can Be Transported As Luggage Under 50lbs Total With Two Drones In Case

13. Why the resurgence of photogrammetry
Why the resurgence of photogrammetry? Lower and slower flight results in higher resolution and Drones can operate at lower cost.
Small Fixed Wing Drones:
Small Multirotor Drones:

14. Small Drones Fixed Wing Aircraft

15. Small Multi-Rotor Drones Vertical Take Off And Landing

16. Why did Camera Wings choose to work with quadcopter drones?
Fixed wing drones require a strong toss or require a catapult for take off.
Each landing of a fixed wing drone is a crash landing into the environment you are working in.

17. Why use Multi-rotor drones?
Fly slower
Multi-rotor drones fly lower
Multi-rotor drones have space
Multi-rotor drones fly an efficient flight

18. Let’s compare the flight grid of fixed wing vs multi-rotor drones.

20. Long Flight and Durable Proprietary: Camera Wings “Godwit” Up To One Hour With Variety Of Sensors

21. Information needed to prepare for drone photogrammetry flight
Data needed:
Client requested GSD (ground spacing of pixel centers)
Focal length of camera
Size of the camera’s sensor
Flying height
Size of area to be photographed
Overlap
Side lap
Write time to save each image
Ground speed of aircraft

22. Steps for completion of a Photogrammetry Project
Obtain suitable images.
Write logger data to images EXIF file.
Ortho rectify images – correcting aberrations caused by lens and camera imperfections.
Stitch images – using high speed computers to fingerprint the images combined with data from the aircrafts logger to stitch the initial mosaic. Then individual DEM points are calculated using stereographic triangulation algorithms based on the relative location of each image to the ground.
Enhancing GIS accuracy – orientation and placement can be enhanced by tying accurately surveyed ground control points to locations within the images.
Delivering the product – once all steps are completed the software can deliver DEMs which can be used in industry standard GIS software such as Arc-GIS and Global Mapper. In addition ortho photos can be created in Geo TIFFs and Google Earth formats. As an added benefit, beautiful extreme resolution photos can be delivered.

23. Readily Available and Cost Effective DJI Phantom 4 Pro

28. Lets Take A Look At The Handouts Then
Design A Photogrammetry Mission And Fly It.

35. Thank You
At Camera Wings we will always deliver everything promised and a little bit more than you ever expected.

36. Let’s compare cameras.
Go Pro
Sony Nex-5n
Sony Nex-7
Sony Alpha7R

37. Let’s discuss lenses
Sony Auto Focus Lens –
Voigtlander Manual Lens -

38. Let’s discuss the regulatory environment.

40. Brendan Schulman attorney and UAV legal specialist

41. State regulations.

42. Is insurance available?

43. Next Phase Blowing Stuff Up… Just Kidding

44. Long Flight and Durable Proprietary DZ-3200 Up To One Hour With Variety Of Sensors

45. Why did major companies like Trimble choose to develop small fixed wing drones?
Conventional wisdom suggested that fixed wings was the way to go. Few could conceive the amazing qualities offered by multi-rotors
It was common thinking that multi-rotor aircrafts flight time was inadequate for commercial work.

46. Panoramas Beautiful and Informative

47. Designed For Multiple Sensor: Visual, 3D, Infrared, Multi-Spectral

48. How did Camera Wings overcome the flight time limitation of Multi-rotors?
PhD physicist with extensive DOD experience
PhD geologist that is a GIS expert
Electrical engineer / robotics expert
Industrial engineer
Licensed ham radio operator
Expert photographer / videographer
Computer scientist
World class competition remote contolled aircraft pilots
Experience Air Force drone pilot with combat experience

49. My simple request… I want the longest multi-rotor flight endurance and ability to carry the finest sensors.
Ohm’s Law can be your friend
Heat is not your friend
Every gram reduced is flight time gained
Conserve energy
Use the right material, not the most popular
Optimize aerodynamics

50. Why are many university and industry research teams choosing drone photogrammetry over LIDAR?
LIDAR: The acquisition cost of data is cost prohibitive in many settings.
Drone photogrammetry: The acquisition cost of data is more cost effective.
LIDAR: The resulting data set is analogous to looking at an outdated black and white Television.
Drone photogrammetry: The resulting data set is analogous to modern High Definition Color Television.

51. Categories of Photogrammetric Interpretation
Metrical Analysis: obtaining measurements from photos from which ground positions, elevations, distances, areas and volumes can be computed and maps can be made.
Image Interpretation: evaluation of features in a qualitative way by establishing color and texture of features including geologic formations, crops, timber, water and soils.