UAV Mission Planning

About this course

Translate survey accuracy requirements into workable UAV missions, balancing ground sampling distance, overlap, terrain, weather, endurance and site logistics.

This practitioner course is part of the UAV, Photogrammetry & 3D school. Delivery: Self-Paced / Instructor-Led. Estimated study time: 14 h.

Course curriculum

• Module 1 — From Accuracy Requirement to Flight Design
• Module 2 — GSD, Overlap and Sidelap in Practice
• Module 3 — Terrain Following and Variable Ground Height
• Module 4 — Flight Patterns: Grid, Double Grid, Corridor, Orbit and Façade
• Module 5 — Weather, Wind and Light
• Module 6 — Batteries, Endurance and Multi-Flight Sites
• Module 7 — Airspace, Permissions and Site Logistics
• Module 8 — Mission Planning Software and Plan QA

Applied learning

• Case Study — Lanwarne: the Plan that Looked Fine
• Lab 1 — A Terrain-Following Plan for Brackenhill Quarry
• Lab 2 — The Pipeline Corridor and the Church Spire
• Lab 3 — Lanwarne Estate: a Multi-Day Plan
• Capstone — A Mission Pack for the Northfield Cliffs Survey

Who this course is for

GIS / Remote Sensing Professional; Technology Professional

Prerequisites

NE-UAV-101

Course details

• Course code: NE-UAV-201
• Level: Practitioner
• Estimated duration: 14 h
• Delivery: Self-Paced / Instructor-Led

Course materials are in pilot review.