Airgon generally recommends using a shutter interval (amount of time the shutter is open) of 1/800th second for typical drone mapping flight plans. However, as flight speed increases and/or GSD decreases, a faster shutter speed (shorter shutter interval) may be required to prevent motion blur. The proper shutter interval for a situation can…
If you are not accustomed to survey techniques, this is a quick tip for speeding up visits to repetitive sites. The AirGon Loki Direct Geopositioning system is a huge time saver when it comes to drone survey work. Loki reduces or eliminates the need for ground control points (but please, always have a reliable way…
With the release of LP360 v2017.1 we began recommending that users create their breaklines using LP360 instead of the previous recommendation of using the LP360 Sketch tool in LP360 for ArcGIS. One common question that has come up is how does one create a flat 2D feature and put the summarize Z results in the…
The LAS specification requires that the File Source IDs and the Point Source IDs match (i.e. are the same number) when the LAS file contains data from a single flight line, drive pass, or strip of data. To ensure that this requirement is met, we can use a combination of TerraScan and GeoCue processes. Step…
