We offer these files to our customers as a support service to aid them in learning a new product and/or elevate their knowledge of an existing product. Files are organized by Data Source type: Photogrametry & LiDar.
CARLSON DRONE
CSS helps you take flight with these Drone Operation videos created by Jim Carlson. If you are interested in adding Drone Surveying to your portfolio these sample files can help you decide if it is right for you. Because there is nothing to see but a radio controlled aircraft fly back and forth we do not offer “on site Drone Demos”. All of the “work” is data related and that can be seen in the following videos, and if insist that you need to see it first hand, you can download the demo software and these files and try it yoursefl!
Testing the work flow with these files is exactly the same as if your site was flown minus the actual flight. And since the Flight is mostly hands-off the real work is in processing the Images and resulting Point Cloud which you can do with these files. These are listed in order of operation.
PHOTOGRAMETRY DRONE
#1 DRONE FLIGHT
Mission Planning VIDEO
Requesting Flight Authorization from FAA using AirMap VIDEO
Preparing for the Flight VIDEO
Flight part 2 VIDEO
Changing the Battery VIDEO
#2 PHOTO CAPTURE
Using Carlson Photo Capture (on line service shown) to process the Drone Images and create a 3D image.
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Photo Processing video
Point Cloud
Point Cloud Training outline. This outline gives new users a fast and easy way to get started with Carlson Point Cloud Software.
SAMPLE PROJECTS
Use the following files to Demo Carlson Photo Capture and Point Cloud Software. Click to download and save the files. Unzip the images and save the 1G Flight Ground Control Points file into one folder, Download the 1G Flight Demo Video file and follow along with the Video to see how easy it is to process Drone Data. If you did not already request a Photo Capture demo or install the 30-Day Point Cloud Demo contact us directly to acquire it today: sales@CarlsonSurveySupply.com
1G Flight Ground Control Points
LiDar DRONE
Unlike Photogrametry LiDar takes direct measurments using a Laser. This creates a Point Cloud directly while flying eliminating the need to process photos potentially saving you hours of waiting and working on the data.
This sample file is the output from the Drone Software. The binary file created while scanning is converted to an LAS / LAZ format. During the conversion images taken from the Nadir camera in the LiDar payload are used to colorize the point cloud making object identification much easier. Precise positions are calulated during processing using PPK (Precise Positioning Kinematic) GPS on the UAV and a GPS Receiver recording RAW data on the ground. The software took approximately 15 minutes to create this file. After that it is all office work to produce your deliverable.
Use Carlson Point Cloud to View /Edit / Extract data to Carlson CAD: Breaklines, Contours, Grid File, Cross Sections etc.
Details:
Flight Planning approx 10 minutes.
Data Processing approx 15 minutes.
Flight Time approx 15 minutes.