Feasibility Study of UAV Implementation in Route Surveying

Authors
Hazry Desa1, Muhammad Azizi bin Azizan1, Mohamad Syafiq Abdul Khadir1, *, Muhammad Safwan Suhaimi1, Noor Zulaiha Ramli1, Zainudin Hat2
1Centre of Excellence for Unmanned Aerial System (COEUAS), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia
2IP Fokus Sdn Bhd, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Mohamad Syafiq Abdul Khadir
Received 21 November 2018, Accepted 2 December 2018, Available Online 10 September 2019.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.k.190828.003
Keywords
UAV; engineering work; land survey; drone
Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are widely used in numerous field and the technology keeps growing. Generally, conventional method used in data collection for engineering work is tedious and requires a lot of manpower. This research focuses on the investigation of the suitability of UAV for route survey. Three stages involved: data collection, data processing and data analysis. By using Kama Beta, the data was collected. For data processing, Pix4D Mapper is used for point cloud and AutoCAD 2014 for the analysis stage. The result is mainly focused on extracting the road profile and test the point cloud data using Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). The result from both methods, conventional and UAV from the point cloud data using RMSE show only the small difference, with only 6.67% from total 60 points out of tolerance.
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