Research Report of drones (UAVs)

The final report should be approximately 1800-2400 words and be formally written,

formatted, and cited

The surveying industry has experienced dramatic changes over the past decade with

advancements to existing technologies and development of new technologies and applications.

Topic Chosen:

Airborne Imaging using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs - drones) has exploded in the past

decade opening new opportunities for surveyors. Historically the surveying industry collected

aerial imaging via traditional photogrammetry practices, but applications were limited to large

scale projects due to the difficulty and cost associated with the image collection from planes and

processing of images. The use of drones has made the possibility of utilizing airborne imagery

for small scale project types more cost effective and easy to collect.

Deliverables

The research paper should include a discussion of the history of the technology, how the

technology is used today by surveyors, example projects, and a discussion on the outlook of the

future use of the technology.

Outline:

Title: (Something interesting that also makes the subject of your paper clear)

Introduction

This paragraph will include background explanation of Airborne Imaging using unmanned aerial

vehicles in surveying. Reasons of the usage of this tool, what lead to implement this tool to land

surveying and statistics showing improvement in surveying.

Origins of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

This section will include the history of this technology, the main purpose to invent and apply

these new aerial vehicles to help Civil Engineers in Surveying, and how much has evolved

throughout the years.

Early Applications in Surveying

In this section I will focus on the early implementations of this tool, the trial and error in the

origins and what lead to implement this tool to help out Civil Engineers.

Types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Overview of how much the tool has changed since the very first prototype, the many different

types of models and designs. The improvement of the designs and what has been the reason to

re-design it.

Attach images of figures of the timeline of the designs. How it has evolved.

Usage of UAV’S in the 21st Century

Nowadays applications of aerial vehicles. In this section I will talk about the usage’s engineers

have applied in the actuality and projects that have been done with the help of unmanned aerial

vehicles.

I will attach images of projects that have used UAV’s.

Advantages and disadvantages

The outlook of implementations, strengths and weakness so far, tables of statistics in

improvement of the design and applications. What has been done correctly and what not.

What’s coming?

Finally, I will talk about the future of UAV’s in surveying, a conclusion of what to expect in the

upcoming years, and future projects.

References

Citations of articles, book, and resources used in the report.