UAS Applications Tim McCarthy, NUI Maynooth INFOMAR 9 th Oct

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1 UAS Applications Tim McCarthy, NUI Maynooth INFOMAR 9 th Oct

2 About Us National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG) Established in 2004 with an SFI PI Grant 4 X PIs coordinate various research projects & generated over 11million in funding (national & international) over last six years Research Staff : 25 (Senior Researchers, post-docs & post-graduate level) Research Areas : GI Science, Earth Observation, Spatial Statistics & Analysis, Visualisation, Machine Learning, Health Geoinformatics, Urban Dynamics, Mobility, Spatial Decision Support

3 Falcon-8 Octocopter UAS Platform, Gnd Stn, Telemetry Operation Daylight Visual Line of Sight o500/120/150/50 oclear of a/field & Control a/space 3 rd Party Liability Basics 1.8kgAUW, 500g payload,

4 UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys

5 UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys

6 UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys

7 UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys

8 UAS Datasets II Agriculture/Marine Tetracam ADC Micro 90 gm 3.2 Mpixel R-G-NIR

9 UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging

10 UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging

11 UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging

12 UAS Dataset IV Coastal Defence

13 GCP Comparison High Low

14 UAS Flight Planning 14

15 Overlap % Along Track % Across Track Waypoint Test Details RSPSoc Paper 4s, 3s, 2s, 1s, 0s. Survey area Iontas, North Campus Need - Terrain, Structures, Power Don t need Vegetation, Pedestrians, Obstructions 300 images 12 batteries, 2 days 15

16 Testing XY Ortho and Z DSM 16

17 Overlap and DSM 17

18 Application : Marine Aerial Surface Potential Applications Sea-floor Ground Truthing Coastal Erosion Pipe & Cable laying Offshore Exploration Fisheries & Aquaculture Pollution Events Damage Assessment Promotion & Education Sub-Surface

19 WAMSAPs

20 Wide Area Monitoring using Smart Airborne Platforms (WAMSAPs) Autonomous platforms (UAS, Aerostats/Helikites) Real-time aerial feeds to ground devices, SmartPhones (Position, Measure in re 24/7, all weather operation, SmartApp control Multispectral, environmental sensors Detect and report change Geofencing, Privacy by Design Non-persistent on skyline Automated mapping/monitoring Cover a few square km eg large installation/infrastructure, Marine Port or Coas Low Carbon Footprint Collaborative, autonomous, no single point failure European GMES Cloud Platform Winners 2012 in Munich, Germany IAA approved to operate Aerostats/Helikites

21 Chief Aim Design, build & test cloud-based spatial decision-support tools based on EO & in-situ sensor data fusion for managing critical infrastructure in the marine environment, illegal border crossing & government installations Project Partners Norway Ireland (NUI Maynooth & igeotec) Germany Deliverable Operational on-line demonstrators comprising data discovery, fusion, visualisation & decision-support toolsets for three scenarios: Oil-spill in marine environment (SmartBay/Shannon Oil-Spill Response & BP) Illegal border crossing (Frontex) Avalanche disaster management (Austrian Tyrol local government)

22 Viseo-Fusion Demonstrator #1 Oil-Spill in Marine Environment Decision-making over-view Hazard Assessment Action Plan Vulnerability Analysis Response Strategy

23 Oil-spill & Critical Marine Infrastructure Scenario GPS Sat Com HQ EO Context Oil-spill reported Response team assembled Collate infromation Assess the problem Decide on actions Execute the plan Shore-line Clean-up Shore-line Clean-up UAV Oil-Storage Facility Oil-spill Stricken Vessel

24 Oil-spill & Critical Marine Infrastructure Scenario UI/UX Control Map Tools Analysis Data Input Session Layer Control EO Layer VHR SAR GIS Layer Topography Land Use Op#321 Common Overview Map Display Alert#1 UAV Display In-situ Regional Weather Traffic In-situ Locale Asign Ubipix ClientLayer TBC Alert#2 Aersotat Display Event & Resource Management Control Alert#1, 02Nov2012: 10:12:10am, vehicle detected Alert#2, 02Nov2012: 10:12:10am, human activity Resource #12 en-route Alert Resource #13 Web Processing Services Query Update Transformation Fusion Publication Alert