UAS Applications Tim McCarthy, NUI Maynooth INFOMAR 9 th Oct 2013 1
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
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, 2.4/5.8 @25GHz
UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys
UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys
UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys
UAS Datasets I Topographic/Building Surveys
UAS Datasets II Agriculture/Marine Tetracam ADC Micro 90 gm 3.2 Mpixel R-G-NIR
UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging
UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging
UAS Datasets III Thermal Imaging
UAS Dataset IV Coastal Defence
GCP Comparison High Low
UAS Flight Planning 14
Overlap % Along Track % Across Track Time @ 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
Testing XY Ortho and Z DSM 16
Overlap and DSM 17
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
WAMSAPs
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
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)
Viseo-Fusion Demonstrator #1 Oil-Spill in Marine Environment Decision-making over-view Hazard Assessment Action Plan Vulnerability Analysis Response Strategy
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
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