Land Surveying with Drone LiDAR | On the job!

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In this video we jump right into how MooreBass Civil Engineering is using drone LiDAR in their surveying practices. Daniel takes us through how his team is able to work with their clients both faster and safer by leveraging drones and LiDAR.

[@precision_aerial]

I am a land surveyor that was just put in charge of our new drone program. Its always nice to see other company's workflows. Thanks for the video it was insightful.

[@IndianaDrones]

Glad to help Eric!

[@precision_aerial]

@Steve Hansen I use my drone on every topo our company takes on. Even if it’s something best suited for LiDAR. Having an up to date aerial for the people in the office is a game changer.

[@Rico340i]

What drone setup are you using?

[@Rico340i]

@precision_aerial I meant to put your name before my comment didn’t know if it notified you

[@RamiTamimi]

LiDAR is definitely a surveying tool!

[@ronrobinson9509]

I’d like to also say that I had similar results after flying a job that we did as boots on the ground taking us 8 days and having some areas that were to steep to survey and having vegetation that was extremely thick. We flew the site in a crisscross pattern taking about 8 hours (combined field / office) to generate the same contours. Thanks to rock robotic for their continued upgrades to the rock surveyor program!

[@IndianaDrones]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@aaronmoore5552]

I’m a grader and mainline pipe. This tech is so cool. It’s really come a long way. Drone lidar tech and intelligent equipment has made it a lot easier and faster for owners and developers to get their jobs done faster and while saving money! Still a lot of unknowns under the dirt but would be cool to see a development in that area too!

[@benstagram97]

I love in Greenville SC, and I’m on my surveying companies Drone LIDAR team. We are doing this every day!

[@IndianaDrones]

Awesome!

[@globalhawkllc]

We are a land Surveying company that uses the R2A LiDAR System and full RTK and an amazingly similar work flow. We have a much better setup with our mobile command centers but still, great process MooreBass!

[@IndianaDrones]

Heck yeah!

[@floriansulzer8061]

Please do more videos like that! Something about building surveying or geotechnical surveying would bei amazing

[@darkocar2585]

Calsic topo survey is dead but nothing can replace the boundary survey and the surveyor that knows what has to be surveyed.

[@wakefulonesees]

Thanks for sharing your process. I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just use the point cloud data from the lidar, why the extra steps?

[@daveinmontana77]

Harrison... what is the make and model of that GNSS GPS used by Daniel in the video? Can that be used to create our own GCP's when doing non-survey type mapping and 3D modeling? I am amazed at the lidar and mapping these drones can now do. Being an Irrigation Consultant, we've had to hire planes with cameras and Surveyors to get us large contour maps for some large irrigation projects. I'm hoping to take Dy'an's Photogrammetry one-day training in San Francisco on March 25th. Will you be helping out then? I'm not a Surveyor or a Master Drone Pilot, but I'm getting more and more involved with the Photogrammetry and Lidar training and hopefully equipment. I can really see the value of all the "latest & greatest" technology that can be adapted and used in the Landscape Irrigation Industry. Looking forward to eventually getting your equipment and using your services... appreciate all of your videos... great info.

[@IndianaDrones]

Love to hear it! And I appreciate the positive feedback. Please write to: [e-mail] - so one of my team members can help answer all of your questions and guide you in the right direction. No pressure, we're here to help!

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

I'd take longer observations on control points, especially around tall trees. RTK is great, but there's still fuzziness to the measurements, so it's great to get some averaging shots.

[@T4KKFI]

I live in the ATL good video on drone data

[@IndianaDrones]

Thanks!

[@andrewhumirang9067]

Nice workflow. My flow of software to be used are. DJI Terra LiDAR360 RECAP (AutoDesk) Autocad (civil3D) Sometimes (ArcMap to compressed the TIFF file from DJIterra to open in Civil3D)

[@IndianaDrones]

Check out my channel and peep the R3 Pro, ROCK Desktop and ROCK Cloud. It's a seamless workflow ecosystem.

[@JungRokAn]

Hey Great video! What kind of drone and lidar camera are you using? And how much is that!

[@eturn23]

I am curious what the size of the area was in this project (sq acreage or sq miles) and how many GCPs were used? Thanks...

[@justinlapp7485]

Hi Daniel, Was wondering if I could get some information on the best office software for processing and point cloud manipulation? Thanks!

[@annmcdaniel8952]

Awesome!! Tremendous job!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

[@IndianaDrones]

Thanks for watching!

[@tonicee6839]

Where can we get training on this technology . Nice video

[@IndianaDrones]

learn.rockrobotic.com

[@DakarBlues]

Been following the awesome work you are doing, kudos! I’m about to start a drone business overseas, do I need to be a surveyor or a civil engineer to get into photogrammetry and LIDAR droning? Basically is it always possible to be just a data acquisition specialist and let the professional of the sector use the data?

[@IndianaDrones]

There are specific regulations in the USA. I am not sure about overseas though!

[@dakotameacham5937]

I would love to do this.. it seems like alot of courses money and licenses to get going.. is there a way to be a pilot for a land surveyor, and start learning and accumulating skills needed.. Seems like you flew for this guy and he does all the computer stuff.. I'd like too learn it all.. but one step at a time haha

[@IndianaDrones]

We make it super easy, hit us up to learn more. We'll show you how easy it is. www.rockrobotic.com/talk-to-sales

[@roxo626]

I am a Civil Engineering in Delaware, and my company is looking to go into drone surveying for larger sites. Can someone point me to which drone was used for the survey?

[@ranman]

what drone are you using to capture video of the M300 in this video?

[@IndianaDrones]

Just another DJI!

[@dronesinconstruction]

Fun stuff guys ! Keep up the content !

[@IndianaDrones]

Thanks! We will!

[@sebastianstumpf9231]

Excellent Video, thanks for sharing!

[@IndianaDrones]

Thanks for watching!

[@kingbenBlogs]

Hey how can i get those software i wana get in contact for a serious inquiries interested in this

[@IndianaDrones]

That's the ROCK Cloud! Fill out this form and we'll get you going: www.freelidarprocessing.com/cloud-talk-to-sales

[@md.zubayerulislam6855]

Is it possible to do a bathymetrical survey(River bed) with LIDAR tech?

[@bokkenka]

You would need A) a laser that can penetrate water, and 2) to be able to account for refraction which is continually changing in moving water.

[@lukajurjevic5364]

Yes, there are some bathymetric LiDAR systems such as RiEGL topo-bathy LiDAR sensor, but it is quite expensive! The system has to be designed for it (laser beam wavelength), and most systems cant do it!

[@timd9430]

It would be easier to drain the river bed using a couple buckets, take your gazillion LiDAR shots then refill it.... with those same buckets. HA!!!!!!! ; )

[@legionario4310]

Do you offer any kind of training or courses for lidar analysis using the equipment you use?

[@IndianaDrones]

Visit ROCK Academy for informational content and tutorials on how to use our software & hardware. learn.rockrobotic.com

[@eviloctober]

Is MicroVision lidar used for this too?

[@IndianaDrones]

Feel free to bring your questions and requests over to the ROCK Robotic Community discussion board. Our support team is ready to answer all of your questions. community.rockrobotic.com/

[@Ed-pv6ke]

Man one day I'll grow up and get Lidar. ;)

[@IndianaDrones]

Make sure you get it from www.rockrobotic.com when you do!

[@denispellegatta3409]

Ok spiegazione buona

[@arliewinters2776]

Sir, Are you on Linkedin ?

[@IndianaDrones]

www.linkedin.com/in/scienceknoll/

[@abdulsharif6541]

Excellent...(Very Much so)

[@crphoto303]

Fun video! Miss the old days of drone mapping...

[@andresachuryf]

whats happen?

[@christopherrice8432]

@@andresachuryf I was an early adopter of UA photogrammetry, developed many proof of concepts, ran a few businesses, but eventually got tired of the industry, and I’m now watching from the sidelines!

[@sajidatehreen2970]

👍

[@richsmith9063]

Your sensor was NOT plumb. It was bobbing around as you captured its position. As a "professional" you should do better.

[@IndianaDrones]

Hey Rich! That's because we were faking it to record the video. We used a bi-pod when we actually captured it. HOLLYWOOD MAGIC!

[@cezza57]

Please switch to metric, America.. please!

[@dronesinconstruction]

Just do the conversion, brah.

[@cezza57]

@@dronesinconstruction Wow clever!

[@jayclyde6045]

@@dronesinconstruction Tell that to NASA that slammed a space probe into Mars due to an error caused with that conversion...

[@Mr412304]

How about America joins the rest of the modern world with the metric system?

[@tyronehunter7330]

@@Mr412304 America isn’t every other place. The fact that it isn’t is what makes it what it is. If America was insignificant, this topic wouldn’t even be taking place. Most people who suggest such things are typically not speaking professionally, but in a lazy mood.

[@johnbrittingham4471]

Thanks for getting a haircut.

[@IndianaDrones]

No problem John!

[@ArjayMartin]

Daniel looks a bit like Matt Damon

[@IndianaDrones]

Ha! Daniel says thank you!

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

Lidar versus Photogrammetry. Lidar is very expensive, the claim that vegetation can be eliminated with vegetation penetrating ability is somewhat dubious. How can it be proved. I have done several ground proofing exercises , like 470 km one of them . It has a place but is overemphasized in terms of aerial