UAS 408 - Spatial Data Applications for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Credits: (4)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: GEOL 100, or GEOL 120 and GEOL 121, or GEOS 250, and/or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to the use of UAS (also known as drones) for collecting, processing, and analyzing aerial imagery as well as data from other sensor types. Included will be an introduction to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, types of unmanned systems, mission planning, and flight operations. The course primarily trains students to use industry standard computer applications and best practices for creating and delivering georeferenced orthoimage mosaic maps, topographic maps, digital surface models (DSMs) and digital terrain models (DTMs), 3D Point Clouds, and 3D Mesh Models from overlapping high-resolution UAS images and more.