Daniel Sheehan, Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster, GIS/Data Visualization Specialist
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
This is a two-session workshop that will introduce the requirements and protocols in utilizing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS… aka Drones) for research and projects to collect data and create detailed models and maps.
Day 1: Intro to Drone Flight
We will cover the rules and regulations of UAS flight, go over requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, introduce flight maps, planning, and the associated language, discuss the data you can collect, and talk about what you need to do to get off the ground.
Day 2: Mapping and Postprocessing
This session will discuss data collection and introduce methods for postprocessing. Attendees will be introduced to processing software like ArcGIS Drone2Map and Agisoft Photoscan. Students will get a chance to process some collected data using Photoscan, which mosaics images to create orthophotos, and, using photogrammetric methods, create point clouds that can be turned into 3D elevation models.
Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/7QnVuNe7ggyeNdlM2
Location: Room 2-105
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Michael Foster, 9-522, 617 324-8234, MJFOSTER@MIT.EDU
| Jan/19 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 2-105 |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 2-105 |
Joe Wright - Specialist, Daniel Sheehan - Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster - GIS/Data Visualization Specialist