Getting Under Control!

An important aspect of planning and executing a small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) mapping project is planning and collecting ground control and check points. We are a software and systems company, not a services company so we have limited tools (and knowledge, for that matter) for carrying out this part of a mission. Nevertheless, we…

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Control Point Comparison QA-QC Analysis

An important evaluation to make when performing a QAQC analysis of a LIDAR data set is a control point comparison. When discussing control points and LIDAR data, there are typically two types of points that need to be considered independently. Control Points: The monuments or markers used to control the LIDAR collection or validation point…

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