Using mini UAV for high res. aerial photo.

1. Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing
Services (UAV)
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.
79A, Jalan Seri Impian 1
Taman Impian Emas
81300, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
0197266411 www.geosense.com.my
www.geosense.info

2. Agenda
• Background of project ideas
– Neogeography, Google experience
• Traditional mapping & direction
• Traditional GIS vs Neogeography,
– needs for simplicity, visualization and collaboration medium
• Visualization requirement
– Aerial imagery source & limitation
• Civilian UAV applications
• Geo Sense Experience, local civilian UAV operators
– Potential Applications
• Sharing Aerial Images / Results

3. What inspire us

4. Keyholes, Launch 2005
earth visualization, mapping & Geo Info System

5. and the first thing most people did was look for their house,
awesome experience, geo peeping, location awareness

6. 2005 - Mid 2006 with only satellite imagery available,
identifying problem, take time to navigate, limited tagging

7. Mid 2006 onward integration with street maps, fast
recognition, fast search (browse), more public participation

8. Democratization of Geo Data, thousands of public tagging data,
sharing, indexing world data geographically

9. Google Map, API extends Geo Services to thousands of
developers, Google Map Mania, etc

10. http://wikimapia.org/

12. Where 2.0, Neogeography, GIS meets Web

13. Web 2.0
Where 2.0
Geo - Web

14. What next, Mobile navigation, LBS, augmented reality

15. What about traditional
mapping

21. Open street map, world movement on free map,
collective contribution, collaboration

29. Map layers in visualization
system / GIS

30. GIS is highly technical system (structure, standard) of hosting,
and relating layers of maps (geo info) in one platform

31. More Than 70% of Gov Data is Geographically Based Subject –
Name / Account /
Customers /
Assets. etc
Location –
Address / Territory /
Building / Zoning etc
Description /
Status etc.
GIS manages relationship, and present various
layers of geo location data
Visualization enable faster decision
making

32. Underutilization of GIS Capability
GIS
IT / WWW

33. Need To Simplify Complex System
Typical GIS Interface (College training) Google Map (30 min training)
Platform visual web-based yang ringkas dengan data asas yang dapat dikongsi oleh pelbagai jabatan
(visual platform – semua lapisan penguna dapat memahami dengan pantas)

34. GIS on Demand
Community Holistic Application (GODCHA)
Open Source / WGIS / PPGIS

35. GODCHA, web GIS, API, data integration,
collaboration presentation

36. Local Gov uses Mapping platform for
Community collaboration / local information / Info gathering,
Open data movement
http://www.vic.gov.au/visualplace/map.html

37. The important of visualization
Using Aerial photo for effective visualization & Planning

38. Finding..
Decision maker are mostly non technical
Google Awareness
Needs more integration maps &
satellite image
Visualization powers to layman
Neogeography
User centric than map centric Nusajaya

39. The needs for high resolution &
up to date visualization contents
An alternative to satellite image

40. Sources of Aerial Imaging
Perolehan imej satellite adalah terhad, walaupun ada di
Google, tetapi imej-imej tersebut adalah ber-resolusi
Pesawat Ringan rendah serta tidak terkini. Untuk mendapatkan imej ber-
Imaging ketinggian 10k – 30k kaki resolusi tinggi, pesawat ringan dan helikopter
Satellite digunakan, namum kos agak tinggi dan kurang
ekonomik untuk liputan yang kecil,
500-800 km Cost
Pesawat
ringan &
Pesawat RC / UAV
helikopter Ketinggian 500 – 5000 kaki
juga tidak
• Aerial Camera System sesuai
• Radiometric resolution untuk kerja-
• 3 in – 60 in resolution kerja
(avg 30 in resolution) pengintipan
Cloud Issues • Aerial mapping survey , kerana
• IPSAR (SAR) / LIDAR saiz serta • Natural color (RGB)
deruan • 7 - 15 cm resolution
engin yang • Surveillance / Monitoring
kuat
200 meter
90 km 3 km
300 meter
30 km 3 km

41. Limitation of Satellite Images
Tangkak
Muar Kota Tinggi
Batu Pahat
Resolusi Imej yang rendah dan tidak kemas kini

42. Limitation of Satellite Images / Google free Images –
Cloud cover
Limited resolution (60 – 200 cm)
Out dated (Gooogle average 3 years / Aerial photo - 1 – 4 mth)
Danga Bay
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

43. References to Google Earth
-Tidak kemas-kini
- Had resolusi (> 1 meter)
- Kebergantungan teknologi luar
- Persoalan Keselamatan Data

44. Part of Study Areas (Future Development &
Monitoring)
Imej lama 2 tahun atau lebih
Kejelasan melebihi 2 meter resolusi per pixel
Liputan awan 60%

45. Light Aircraft with sosphicated aerial camera system taking
aerial images for remote sensing and mapping
Contoh Imej Pesawat Ringan
- Terbang lebih tinggi – kawasan liputan lebih meluas
- Tambah Nilai – Muatan - Multi spectrum camera, LIDAR, 3D Camera etc
- Tertakluk kebenaran penerbangan (DCA)
- Kepakaran yang kurang - kos perolehan dan pengendalian yang tinggi.
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

46. Hobbyists, RC, aerial photography, limited
angles & non precision

47. Civilian UAV movement & promise
meeting MLB at Where 2.0 2006, GPS guided
more precise / precision

48. Civilian UAV Project Study
Dr Stephan J Morris David Riallant Chris Anderson
Li Jing, Prof.
MLB UAV Pict’ Earth Chief Editor Wired Magazine
Beijing University
President & Founder Image Processing Specialist Founder DIY Drone
Author The Long Tail

49. Canadian
Micropilot,
autopilot makers,
Cropcam, mini
glider based UAV
for remote sensing

50. From War to Peace
Civilian UAV Development

52. ORBITAL low earth orbit (Mach 25+)
HALE (high altitude, long endurance)
over 30,000 ft and indefinite range
Type of UAV
MALE (medium altitude, long
endurance) up to 30,000 ft
(9,000 m) and range over 200 km
NATO type 10,000 ft (3,000 m) altitude,
up to 50 km range
Tactical 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
altitude, about 160 km range
HYPERSONIC high-speed,
supersonic (Mach 1-5) or
hypersonic (Mach 5+)
50,000 ft (15,200 m) or
suborbital altitude, range
over 200km
Handheld 2,000 ft (600 m) altitude,
about 2 km range
Close 5,000 ft (1,500 m) altitude, up to
10 km range

53. Overview - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle –
From Military to Civilian applications
China – Event Monitoring Olympic Canada – Agri, Forestry &GIS
Games)
UK – Police
Monitoring
Holland Traffic Control & Earthquake – search and rescue Japan – Agri, Spray Fertilizer & insect control
Urban Monitoring

54. Potential civilian UAV Applications
• Property management / Monitoring
– Feasibility / Planning study
– Progress monitoring
– Enforcement
• Agriculture
– Vegetation monitoring
– Variable rate application
• Emergency Response / Disaster Management
– Search and rescue
– Hot spot identification
• Environmental Monitoring
– Riparian assessment
– Hydrocarbon (oil) spills
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

55. Possible Applications
• Utility Monitoring
– Pipeline and electrical transmission line
inspection
• Law Enforcement
– Situation awareness during sensitive
situations, e.g. hostage takings
– Grow operations
• Many, many more!
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

56. Geo Sense Mini UAV
Unmanned Remote Sensing
Sharing experience

57. What is Air Sense
• Aerial photography on
demand
• Malaysia comprehensive
high resolution aerial
imagery platform
• Visualization - valuable
resource & record of how the
landscape has changed over
time.
• Development of 3D Geo
Spatial Database
• Complementing
eGovernment initiative &
various applications
• Better decision making – in
planning, investment,
enforcement

58. Why Use a UAV?
• Fly below cloud, clearer image resolution
• On Demand - Flexible deployment.
• less investment compare with traditional
aircraft
• Less operating cost vs traditional
• Precision – GPS guided Eliminates putting
people in harms way
• Future Technology – evolving
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

59. Hand launch Mini UAV
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

60. Geo Sense “Glider Based UAV”
Battery operated, light, quite (discreet), stable,
low maintenance
Geo Sense UAV System
Length: 1.7m Weight: 2 kg Micro UAV that can fly up to 40 min. covering
45min endurance 1.5-2 sq km area or total flight distance 25 km per flight
Alt. Max 5000 feet
Micropilot Ardupilot / Attopilot /
Live & Recorded Video Geo Sense has conducting extensive R&D on advance
Battery operator (silence) micro system that able to fly 2-3 x endurance and longer
flight distance

61. Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.
Micro hand launch
UAV System

62. Flight planning system
Ground control system &
telemetry

63. Mobile &
On site flight monitoring system
Wireless
Antenna telemetry system
Flight
Live monitoring

64. Ground Control System
2-3 operators
15-20min. Installation & ready to fly

65. UAV system in the box
3 kg system with casing

66. Site Installation only take 10min.

67. Transferring flight data from ground control system
(flight instruction) to UAV autonomous system

68. Final test before take off / flight mission.

70. Hand launch glider UAV

71. UAV on flight mission

72. After flight mission completed, UAV ready to land on the recovery net

73. UAV manually landed on net for recovery

74. Images are downloaded from the camera for stitching process
2 sq km coverage consist of approx. 150 piece of vertical aerial images of
ground size 250 x 270m. Images are stitched/mosaic to show the bigger covering
area.

75. Quality sample of one aerial picture at 100% view (able
to zoom for detail) each image resolution at 7-10 cm at
altitude 1200 ft

76. Images are stitched (mosaic) using
remote sensing software to produce the
bigger aerial picture.

77. Pemprosesan Imej
(Orthoractification Process)
- Mosaic / Stitch
- Ground Control Point
- Kemaskini pemetaan
Proses lapikan Individual imej (lapping)

78. Sample of one aerial images that
already been stitched
Current capacity, UAV can cover 1.5-2 sq km area in a single flight
mission. Witn consistent R&D We are increasing the capacity.

79. Cadangan – Tampalan (kemaskini) Imej-Imej UAV ke Imej Satellite sedia-ada
(Practical & economical)
Satellite Images UAV Images
Sample area Danga Bay, Johor Bahru
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

80. Imej UAV
Imej Satellite
Pusat Pentadbiran Baru Kerajaan Johor
Nusajaya – patch/overlay to satellite

81. Sample of UAV image overlayed in Google Map
satellite image. For image online sharing and
showcase

82. UAV image premium
High resolution images
Pic satellite
Cloud cover
Pic satellite
Cloud cover
Sample aerial images (in Tangkak, Johor), overlay
at existing cloud cover satellite image.

83. Image Comparison (Satellite & Traditional Aerial Photo)
Pada zoom digital ketinggian 1000 kaki
Satellite Image Aircraft UAV Images
Danga Bay Business Complex Tapak pembinaan di Taman Pulai Danga Bay Business Complex
Perbezaan Kejelasan
Imej Udara dari 3
sumber utama;
Resolusi imej satellite semasa
adalah sekitar 200 cm per pixel,
Imej pesawat, 50 cm & UAV
dibawah 15 cm per pixel.
Imej UAV boleh diperolehi
dengan cepat dan lebih jelas,
dan perolehan yang cepat iaitu
sesuai untuk pemantauan
makro (macro planning)
Imej UAV – < 15 cm per pixel resolusi
visual yang jelas dan sesuai untuk kegunaan perancangan mikro

84. Resolution advantage – micro planning etc. (Satellite Imej vs UAV Imej)
Cheating Club Med Cherating Club Med

85. Sebahagian Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, Johor
Imej Satellite pada ketinggian yang sama (1,200 kaki)

86. Sebahagian Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, Johor
Imej UAV Geo Sense diambil pada Oct. 2009 Ketinggian 1,200 kaki

89. Sebahagian Mesjid Tampoi, Kampung Pasir,
Imej Satellite pada ketinggian yang sama (1,200 kaki)

91. Contoh Imej UAV
Sekeping imej penuh pada ketinggian 900 kaki
Danga Bay – March 2009

92. Danga Bay Commercial Complex– March 2009

93. Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Johor, Nusajaya – March 2009

94. UAV Quality Images
Danga Bay
Tebus Guna Tanah, Danga Bay – March 2009

95. Tebus Guna Tanah, Danga Bay – March 2009

96. Potential Applications

97. Updating / Patching Current
Unclear Satellite Imagery
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

98. Property Monitoring & Asset Management
Canopy
Property under
renovation
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

99. Project Progress Monitoring

100. Enforcement & Auditing

101. Aerial Survey – Squatter
Management etc
Zoom Area

102. Integration
GIS / Boundaries Info
Lot 12333
Lot 15621
Lot 25621 Future
Development
Ref Lot 112122
Lot 76575
Lot 34243
Mengesan gerai haram –
Application Tujuan Penguatkuasaan
Development Future
Ref Lot 112122 Development
Ref Lot 112122 Future
Development
Ref Lot 112122

103. GIS / Web Integration
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104. Pemantauan Tadahan Air & Sungai
(Environmental protection)
Pasir Gudang

106. Property Monitoring

107. Agricultural / Crop Monitoring /Precision farming
Infrared Imagery
Crop Analysis

108. Palm Oil Monitoring

109. social political
Planning database

110. Semporna, Sabah Study

111. Sample of Multiple Government / Civilian Supporting GIS System
Applications
Tanah Runtuh
Prasarana Sokongan Bilik Gerakan Kerajaan Negeri
Flood
Environmental Monitoring
Catastrophic / Flood etc
Crowd Monitoring

112. Back to requirement.. Supporting GIS layers
Maklumat Asas
sempadan/
Cadastral
Jalan / POI
Populasi
Imej Satellite
Imej UAV
Data Accessibility
Visualization & Analyzing Platform Presentation

113. Live and recorded aerial video for UAV safety and manual navigation,
can also be use for Live monitoring application

114. Micro – hand launch UAV utilization in military
Practical for infantry and surveillance military application

115. Field Works
Photo

116. Looking for
• New ideas
• Collaboration
• Improvement
– Endurance
– Load
– Sensors
– Software (autopilot & image processing)
• Customers

117. Thanks You
ismaili@geosense.com.my
+6 019 726 6411
www.geosense.com.my