On the heels of the International LiDAR Mapping Forum, Microdrones is excited to invite you to TWO very special and informative events:

WHO:  Geospatial professionals, business owners and academics interested in unmanned aerial LiDAR

WHAT: 2  informative, independent workshops

WHERE:  Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado
Convention Center, 650 15^th St, Denver, CO 80202

WHEN: Thursday February 8, 2018

WHY: As a geospatial professional, you need to keep abreast of the latest applied science. These informative workshops, on the heels of ILMF in Colorado, are an easy way to do just that!                                                                                                                                                                          

Morning Session: 8:00am – 12:15pm

ASPRS UAS LiDAR Workshop - Unmanned Airborne LiDAR for Precision Mapping

Cost: $100 workshop fee will be reimbursed by Microdrones with Registration for Microdrones afternoon session and advance registration for both.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Afternoon Session: 1:15pm – 5:15pm

Microdrones mdLiDAR1000 Workshop – A Completely Integrated Hardware, Software and Workflow Package

Cost: $100 workshop fee will be reimbursed by Microdrones with advance registration for both this session and the morning ASPRS workshop

Dr. Mohamed Mostafa and the mdSolutions Team at Microdrones will present their new unmanned aerial LiDAR system, its capabilities, applications, and workflow. You’ll see how LiDAR can be applied to professional applications ranging from surveying, inspection, avalanche detection, forestry and agriculture. 

Professional Grade LiDAR systems are currently being used onboard unmanned aerial systems for high precision mapping applications. This 4-hr workshop is intended for the unmanned airborne LiDAR user community including mapping professionals, land surveyors, managers, and decision makers to understand the underlying concepts of LiDAR from the technical and business perspective in the form of theory and practice using real data sets from around the world.

The Following Will Be Covered

1. Mapping Frames of Reference – The Concepts

• The Geoid

• The Ellipsoid

• Local Datums

• Coordinate Transformations

• Best Practice

2. Georeferencing                       The Concepts

• GNSS Concepts

• Inertial Concepts

• GNSS/Inertial Integration

• RTK vs. PPK vs. DG vs. ISO

• Best Practice

3. Definitions

• Elevation Models (DEM, DTM, DSM, TIN, etc.)

• Ortho Photos vs True Orthos

• Point Cloud Colorization

• LiDAR Boresighting

• Time Synchronization

• Photogrammetric Concepts

• Benefits of Camera Integration with LiDAR

4. LiDAR Missions

• User Needs Assessment

• Mission Requirement Identification

• Mission Planning

• Mission Execution

• Pre-mission, Post-mission, Pre-processing
and Post-processing QC

• Data Processing

• Classification

• Feature Extraction