SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

 APPLICATION OF UAV IN TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY

By 2015, TEDI has researched and used Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAV technology for the
topographic survey of transport infrastructure projects conducted by TEDI. In fact, this technology
solution has many advantages compared to traditional survey methods such as: Low cost, fast,
convenient, high accuracy, especially for difficult terrain areas, shortening the time for surveying
topographic map compared to other devices…
 Introduction on technological process
 Device:

Introduction to Phantom 3 Professional main equipment

 Software: Agisoft Photoscan Professional; GIS Sputnik; Pix4D; Inpho USAMaster-
Trimble; Trimble Business Center.
 Implementation process:
RECEIVE PROJECT

PREPARE

- Collect landmark
- Find and mark the DA control mark (if any).
- Gathering a large area flight map (marking the flight range taken)
- Include metrics to Google Earth for positioning
- Site survey and survey (plan, flight ceiling, flight number, coverage ...)
- Get permission to fly
- Scheduling, checking the no-fly zone

SETTING GRID TO CONTROL GROUND

PHOTOS
- Mark available landmarks (choose the landmark markers with the most visible
reflections)
- Marking the connection with the state landmark system (for areas without project
landmark)
FLYING- CHECK
SHOOTING

- Based on Google Earth locating the region and flying ADDITION

direction
- Determine the expected map scale to adjust the altitude
- Agrisoft Pro software
IMAGE DATA - Pix4D software
PROCESSING - Inpho software (UASMaster – Trimble)
- Trimble Business Center software
- Type of output data

DSM DTM ORTHO POINT

. . . CLOUD
.

- Sputnik software
PRESENTATIONS - Global Mapper software
AND REPORTS

TOP-MAP PROFILE CROSS- VOLUME

(Terrestrial (Vertical SECTION (volume)
map) monitoring of (Horizontal
route) monitoring of
route)

Process of flying-shooting and processing digital modeling data

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APPLICATION OF UAV IN TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY
 Product applied for the projects
The results of flying-shooting and digital imaging will be captured from UAV
equipment to provide data for project design including the following products:

Orthogonal image Point cloud model TIN/ DTM model

Topographic maps Profile Cross-section

Products of flying-shooting results and processing UAV
Results on testing, evaluation of accuracy of UAV technology: In order to assess the
applicability, we have carried out flying-shooting and processing on some representative
projects such as: Plain, urban and hilly area. The results obtained and applicability have been
stated above, the product after image processing using specialized software for point cloud
modeling, surface modeling, elevation modeling and orthogonal image mapping, design
center line to create longitudinal section, cross section of route...

Orthogonal image of map Solve map on image background

Visual inspection of the orthogonal image processing of digital photos

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