Drone reality show following survey of the Pearl River by land, water and air
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
Thais Engineering conducted a 150-acre survey project surrounding the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, surveying flood plains and investigating bridge scouring. The team’s efforts aredown to earthis a three-episode series that shows how real-life surveyors gather data and transform it into deliverables, despite difficult and dangerous situations.
The series follows the Tice team scanning above and below local infrastructure and under water adjacent to bridge foundations. To complete the job and create highly detailed 3D surfaces, Tice deploys aerial lidar drones, ground-based ground scans, and underwater hydrographic scans.
In the first episode, the Tice team begins the investigative process by deploying a Z-Boat to scan underwater and an mdLiDAR1000HR from the air. “Tice Engineering was looking for a tool that would help improve safety and productivity. micro drone This is Chuck Snow, Eastern Sales Manager. “After our drone technology demonstration, they understood how quickly and accurately the mdLiDAR1000HR could help them complete projects like surveying work, especially in the Pearl River.”
said Ryan Tice, president of Tice Engineering. “The goal is to combine data from all three systems to create a fully developed three-dimensional model of him that the DOT can use to build the model and look for river scouring.” is.”
In the second episode, the team incorporates ground scanning to capture points below the bridge as the mdLiDAR1000HR completes the project from above. Matthew Jones, Professional Surveyor at Tice Engineering, said: “Then we use drones from above to collect bridge decks, railings and other infrastructure.”
The mdLiDAR1000HR also helps keep crew out of danger and completes work in the field. “The terrain at this location is bumpy, sandy, and walking sheds the slopes,” says Jones. “By using drones, we were able to collect very high density data across the entire site without having to traverse the entire site. You just have to access it.”
In the third episode, the Tice team returns to the office to process and combine data collected from all three missions to build one complete surface model for the entire Mississippi Department of Transportation project.
“The mdLiDAR1000HR helped us access the entire river area much more easily than traditional topographic survey methods,” said Colt Ratliff, Vice President and Survey Manager at Tice Engineering. “River water levels are always a big concern, especially with water levels. This technology ensures that we get data from high water levels, low water levels and all the ground cover that is exposed at the time.”
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With his lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, he now contributes to his DroneLife as a staff writer.
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