GPS World, February 2019

MAPPING an average ground sampling distance GSD of 23 cm Forward image overlap was 80 resulting in a base toheight ratio of 0157 MapKITE is a GeoNumerics patented method for 3 dimensional corridor mapping that combines the two latest geodata acquisition methods terrestrial mobile mapping and aerial drone based mapping MapKITE is a tandem terrestrial aerial mapping method and system composed of a terrestrial mobile mapping system land vehicle and sensors carrying an optical metric target on its roof a drone aerial mapping system and a real time virtual tether and post mission software In a mapKITE mission the drone follows the land vehicle and thus the vehicle target becomes a kinematic ground control point visible and measurable on each image It is a high accuracy high resolution Earth observation method MapKITE combines the advantages of mobile land based encompassing images and 3D point clouds MapKITE combines the advantages of mobile land based manned and aerial drone unmanned mapping systems GeoNumerics Castelldefels Spain is a research and development company specializing in geomatics and accurate navigation ENGEMAP Assis Sao Paolo Brazil is one of the largest and oldest mapping companies in Brazil It has more than 100 employees three aircraft two mapping land vehicles a number of rotary and fixed wing drones and a record of accomplished mapping and cadastral projects ENGEMAP is officially authorized by the Brazilian Ministry of Defence MD and the Brazilian Department of Airspace Control DECEA to conduct mapKITE commercial flights in Brazil MANUFACTURERS The mapKite campaign was conducted with a Sensormap SMM terrestrial mobile mapping system and a UAVision UX Spyro drone equipped with a NovAtel OEM2 GNSS dualfrequency receiver with a Maxtena antenna and a Sony α7R camera with a 25 mm camera constant lens The INS GNSS system in the Terrestrial Vehicle was a Span CPT Novatel including dual frequency antenna and DMI wheel sensor ISMAEL COLOMINA is chief executive and chief scientist at GeoNumerics He has a Ph D in mathematics from the University of Barcelona PERE MOLINA is advanced applications program manager at GeoNumerics He holds a masters degree in mathematics from the University of Barcelona and a masters in photogrammetry and remote sensing from the Institute of Geomatics Catalonia ROBERTO DA SILVA RUY is technical manager at ENGEMAP He has a Ph D from the Universidade Estadual Paulista April 8 11 2019 Hilton Waikiki Beach Honolulu Hawaii PACIFIC PNT Aloha from Where East Meets West in the Global Cooperative Development of Positioning Navigation and Timing Technology Register today at www ion org pnt INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION FEBRUARY 2019 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 45