UAV for Surveyors and Spatial Analysts An emerging technology for the Geospatial Industry Warren Eade– Mapping and Mobile Manager

Why UAS? Content bullets New emerging Technology well suited for Surveyors Complementary to Traditional Surveying technologies and to Traditional Photogrammetry Many UAV’s but not many targeting the Surveying industry yet

Economic Hazardous & Hard-to-Reach Areas Fast & Flexible Accessible & Easy to use Safe Aerial imagery in your hands! Benefits

Why Gatewing? Content bullets Not just a cool plane but a sophisticated Solution for Surveyors Extremely good fit with Trimble Values and Strategy Mature and Professional

Introduction to Gatewing Image acquisition with the Gatewing X100™ Image processing with Gatewing Stretchout™ Data products

Gatewing at a glance Founded in 2008 Headquarter in Ghent, Belgium Business in the surveying & mapping industry Offers a revolutionary tool for fast and high quality aerial terrain surveying & mapping Integration of advanced hardware & software Based on in-house Unmanned Aircraft System technology Distribution by Trimble dealers

8 [ EU design patent ] [ Patent pending production method ] Rapid mapping tool Mapping & surveying Light UAV Compact camera New-generation photogrammetry Vision software tools & automation

Supplier of a rapid mapping solution: X100™ + Stretchout™ Business model

Do Consider Purpose of output Imagery Environmental Factors Take Off and Landing sites Ground Control No Fly Zones Insurance Terrain Spare Parts Computer Spec’s No Training No Sale!

Supporting services Training + operational & technical support

Construction, mining, plantations Construction, mining, plantations What else ? Land reclamation 3D modeling, visualization Waste management Road works Pipelines (oil, gas …) Forestry Flooding Safety assessment Erosion monitoring Volume calculation (stock piles) Research (geology, archaeology…) Asset management … 13

Introduction Image acquisition with the Gatewing X100™ Image processing with Gatewing Stretchout™ Data products

PRE-PROGRAMMED FLIGHT PLAN FULLY AUTOMATED AERIAL SCAN

 Mass 2.0 kg  Cruise speed 75 km/h  Top speed130 km/h  Wind speed up to 65 km/h  Endurance 45 min  5 cm1,5 km2  10 cm3 km2  Foldable launcher, easy setup  Automatic from launch to recovery Some X100 specs

 Rugged ground control station  Integrated radio equipment  Easy to use flight planning software  Surveyor oriented

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Product & servicing philosophy High end, black box electronics in an expendable wing “We don’t repair, but we replace …”

26  Safety critical design < 2 kg Shock-absorbing structure Electric propulsion Low level of complexity  Safety of operations Low altitude Fail-safe procedures Automated from start to landing Pre-programmed mission Overall design: focus on safety! Seagull, North Sea, 1.75 kg [ active member of Eurocae ]

Introduction Gatewing X100 Image processing options Data products

Gatewing Stretchout™ Highly advanced vision software Turns your X100 image data into georeferenced orthophotos and DSMs Fast (hundreds of images whithin minutes) Accurate (accuracy comparible with LiDAR) Easy (one click solution)

Gatewing Cloud Easy upload of Gatewing X100 image data set to Gatewing’s cloud server Download your orthophoto or DSM within a few hours. Secure upload Free accuracy report 29

X100 also compatible with other software Ensomosaic & Ensomosaic 3D Photoscan Icaros BINGO INPHO … 30

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Orthophoto 1500 x 1000 m 30 min flight Mp 5 cm GSD 90% forward / 60% side overlap Clay Mine Site

Clay Mine Site - DSM

Dredge deposit Dredge deposit Dredge Deposit 1500 x 300 m 10 min flight at 120 m based on 400 pictures 5 cm ground resolution

Accuracy sample 35 Dredge Deposit 1.5 x 0.3 km 5 cm GSD

X100 vs. manual survey Gatewing – pts Ground survey – 1000 pts

Gold mine - DSM

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