In recent years, with the rapid development of various software and hardware technologies, such as communication, sensing, navigation, etc. The drone industry has ushered in the rapid growth, and the application of the industry has been continuously expanded and deepened. At present, drones have not only developed in consumer-grade fields, such as leisure and entertainment, film and television aerial photography. It is also highly favored in industrial-level scenes such as emergency communications, power inspection and so on. Among the many applications, the value and performance of UAV in the field of geographic surveying and mapping is worth mentioning.

For a long time, surveying and mapping is very important for the development of the country and industry. The traditional surveying and mapping methods usually use artificial feet. Surveying and mapping personnel are often faced with weather, topography, environment and other problems, and travel around all the year round. This surveying and mapping method has not only high intensity, long time, high cost, but also low efficiency. Therefore, it is completely unable to meet the current needs of surveying and mapping. In this context, the industry urgently needs the help of science and technology to complete the transformation.

How to complete the transformation?

There is no doubt that it is going to be intelligent. The insiders put forward that the main technical bottleneck facing the current surveying and mapping is how to achieve real-time data security, automatic information processing and knowledge-based service applications for surveying and mapping production, services and applications. In fact, it is how to achieve intelligence. In recent years, the development and application of UAV has brought the answer to this question.

On the one hand, UAVs have the advantages of simple operation, flexible application, low cost, wide coverage, etc. They can replace traditional manual operations and be applied to land mapping, environmental monitoring, road planning, comprehensive improvement, emergency rescue and other fields, solve various problems faced by traditional mapping, promote the rapid development of mapping efficiency, and subvert the traditional mapping model. On the other hand, UAV, as an integrated platform, can enhance the collection, processing and analysis of data through the integration and application of various equipment and technologies, so as to deeply release the value of data, break down data barriers and help industry decision-making. For the development of surveying and mapping, data is an important foundation. UAV has a strong role in promoting the development of surveying and mapping by ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of data collection.

Under the dual effects of the advantages of the UAV industry and the value of intelligent transformation, combined with the huge demand in the field of surveying and mapping. With the benefit of policies, enterprises and other factors, the development of UAV surveying and mapping will be better and better. But as far as the current situation is concerned, because the industry is in the stage of large-scale commercial development, there are still some problems in the process, so the development of UAV mapping needs to meet certain trends.

Accelerate the integration with information technology

At present, information technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G and big data are becoming more and more mature. The value of its integration with drones is becoming more and more prominent. In this context, UAV surveying and mapping needs to accelerate the integration of various new information technologies, enhance the ability of data acquisition and processing, and deepen the value of data application, which will be an important driving force to accelerate the maturity of UAV surveying and mapping.

Speed up the improvement of standards and specifications

At present, in the process of surveying and mapping UAV application, due to the limitation of data barriers and the obstruction of data flow. It is also very difficult to bring value into full play. Meanwhile, the uneven function and quality of UAV products will also lead to differences in surveying and mapping results. To solve these problems, our industry needs to speed up the improvement of product standards and industry standards, and ensure product functions and quality.

Strengthen the supervision of application security

The problems faced by UAV surveying and mapping are not only in data circulation and product quality, but also various safety problems. Due to the frequent occurrence of chaos such as black flight, UAV applications have various safety problems such as navigation disturbance, crash injury, etc. At the same time, due to more convenient, fast, circulating and open data collection, UAV mapping data also faces safety problems, so it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of application safety.

Chengdu Yuanshi has been committed to two- and three-dimensional GIS technology and UAV aerial survey services for many years. In terms of GIS, the system platform is deeply integrated with industry needs, and now has complete industry solutions in simulation simulation, land asset management, population information management, smart mines, smart cities/parks and other industries. In terms of UAV aerial survey, it has many years of experience in aerial survey operations in southwest China, and now has the production capacity of DLG, DOM, DEM, DRG, 3D reality model and a full set of data results of Airborne Laser Radar.