Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd. provides mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) service in taking high resolution aerial photo for

1. Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing
Services (UAV)
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.
79A, Jalan Seri Impian 1
Taman Impian Emas
81300, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
0197266411 www.geosense.com.my
www.geosense.com.my

2. Agenda, catching 15 min.
• What inspire us / idea background / needs
• UAV tech. developments
• Sharing experience
• Potential applications
• Moving forward
• Looking forward

3. Google Earth Launch 2005, earth visualization, layers of sat.
imagery,awesome, geo peeping, mapping, location awareness,
neogeography

4. visualization, geo tagging, sharing,
participationary, wikimapia, API, web services

5. Web 2.0
Where 2.0
Geo - Web

6. Challenge to GIS, Government, territorial needs GIS,
visualization, GE awareness among decision makers
sharing, collaboration, WGIS transparency, GODCHA
GIS
IT / WWW

7. The important of visualization, aerial imagery
Using Aerial photo for effective visualization, Planning
Understanding, transparency, pic. tells thousand stories..

8. Sources of Aerial Imagery
Perolehan imej satellite adalah terhad, walaupun ada di
Google, tetapi imej-imej tersebut adalah ber-resolusi
Light Aircraft rendah serta tidak terkini. Untuk mendapatkan imej ber-
Imaging ketinggian 10k – 30k kaki resolusi tinggi, pesawat ringan dan helikopter
Satellite digunakan, namum kos agak tinggi dan kurang
ekonomik untuk liputan yang kecil,
500-800 km Cost
RC AIrcarft / UAV
Ketinggian 500 – 5000 kaki
• Aerial Camera System
• Radiometric resolution
• 3 in – 60 in resolution
(avg 30 in resolution)
Cloud Issues • Aerial mapping survey
• IPSAR (SAR) / LIDAR • Natural color (RGB)
• 7 - 15 cm resolution
• Surveillance / Monitoring
200 meter
90 km 3 km
300 meter
30 km 3 km

9. Limitation of Satellite Images
Tangkak
Muar Kota Tinggi
Batu Pahat

10. Limitation of Satellite Images
Cloud cover
Limited resolution (60 – 200 cm)
Out dated (Google average 2-3 years / Aerial photo - 1 – 4 mth)
Danga Bay
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

11. References to Google Earth
-Outdated

12. Part of Study Areas (Future Development &
Monitoring)
Imej lama 2 tahun atau lebih
Kejelasan melebihi 2 meter resolusi per pixel
Liputan awan 60%

13. Light Aircraft with sosphicated aerial camera system taking
aerial images for remote sensing and mapping
Contoh Imej Pesawat Ringan
- Terbang lebih tinggi – kawasan liputan lebih meluas
- Tambah Nilai – Muatan - Multi spectrum camera, LIDAR, 3D Camera etc
- Tertakluk kebenaran penerbangan (DCA)
- Kepakaran yang kurang - kos perolehan dan pengendalian yang tinggi.
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

14. Hobbyists, RC, aerial photography, limited
endurance, height, camera angles & non precision
personal use

15. Military to Civilian
Potential of UAV
Civilian UAV Development

16. Wikipedia..An unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV; also known as a
remotely piloted vehicle or RPV,
or Unmanned Aircraft System
(UAS)) is an aircraft that flies
without a human crew on board the
aircraft. Their largest uses are in
military applications. To distinguish
UAVs from missiles, a UAV is
defined as a reusable, uncrewed
vehicle capable of controlled from
thousand miles away
HALE, MALE UAV
Mini UAV

17. UAV, More than 1 mil. flight hours in Afghanistan and Iraq (2009)
Future of war is unmanned / robotic

18. ORBITAL low earth orbit (Mach 25+)
HALE (high altitude, long endurance)
over 30,000 ft and indefinite range
Type of UAV
MALE (medium altitude, long
endurance) up to 30,000 ft
(9,000 m) and range over 200 km
NATO type 10,000 ft (3,000 m) altitude,
up to 50 km range
Tactical 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
altitude, about 160 km range
HYPERSONIC high-speed,
supersonic (Mach 1-5) or
hypersonic (Mach 5+)
50,000 ft (15,200 m) or
suborbital altitude, range
over 200km
Handheld 2,000 ft (600 m) altitude,
about 2 km range
Close 5,000 ft (1,500 m) altitude, up to
10 km range

19. Overview - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle –
From Military to Civilian applications Aludra Mal’s UAV
Sample of Civilian Application (please google)
China – Event Monitoring Olympic Canada – Agri, Forestry &GIS
Games)
UK – Police
Monitoring
Holland Traffic Control & Earthquake – search and rescue Japan – Agri, Spray Fertilizer & insect control
Urban Monitoring

20. Everybody can UAV
About autonomous chipset & the right airframe
Autopilot from USD$100 to USD100,000
Chris Anderson
Chief Editor Wired Magazine
Founder DIY Drone
Author The Long Tail
Open source Licensing

21. Civilian UAV People
Dr Stephan J Morris David Riallant Chris Anderson
Li Jing, Prof.
MLB UAV Pict’ Earth Chief Editor Wired Magazine
Beijing University
President & Founder Image Processing Specialist Founder DIY Drone
Author The Long Tail

22. Potential civilian UAV Applications
• Property management / Monitoring
– Feasibility / Planning study
– Progress monitoring
– Enforcement
• Agriculture
– Vegetation monitoring
– Variable rate application
• Emergency Response / Disaster Management
– Search and rescue
– Hot spot identification
• Environmental Monitoring
– Riparian assessment
– Hydrocarbon (oil) spills
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

23. Possible Applications
• Utility Monitoring
– Pipeline and electrical transmission line
inspection
• Law Enforcement
– Situation awareness during sensitive
situations, e.g. hostage takings
– Grow operations
• Many, many more!
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

24. Geo Sense Mini UAV
Unmanned Remote Sensing
Sharing experience

25. What is Air Sense
(bro. cut d bull, run d video)
• Aerial photography on
demand
• Malaysia comprehensive
high resolution aerial
imagery platform
• Visualization - valuable
resource & record of how the
landscape has changed over
time.
• Development of 3D Geo
Spatial Database
• Complementing
eGovernment initiative &
various applications
• Better decision making – in
planning, investment,
enforcement

26. Why we choose a UAV?
• Fly below cloud, clearer image resolution
• On Demand - Flexible deployment.
• less investment compare with traditional
aircraft
• Less operating cost vs traditional
• Precision – GPS guided eliminates putting
people in harms way
• Future Technology – evolving
• Barrier of entry
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd

27. Canadian Micropilot,
autopilot chips
producer,
Cropcam, mini glider
based UAV for agri.
(N. America & N.
Europe) Stable sys.
Future - Re-engineer & work on
Our own platform & autopilot
system

28. Battery operated
Hand launch Mini UAV

29. Geo Sense “Glider Based UAV”
Battery operated, light, quite (discreet), stable,
low maintenance, limited take off & recovery space.
Geo Sense UAV System
Length: 1.7m Weight: 2 kg Current productivity:
30 min endurance 1 mission : 1.5 – 2 sq km
Air speed 61 km / hrs 1 days – 5 sq km (3-4 flights)
Total Distance : 24 km Customer needs 10 – 20 sq km
Alt. Max 5000 feet
Micropilot Ardupilot / Attopilot /
Live & Recorded Video
Battery operator (silence)

30. Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.
Micro hand launch
UAV System

31. Flight planning system
Ground control system &
telemetry

32. Mobile & Telemetry
On site flight monitoring
System & live video
Wireless
Antenna telemetry system
Flight
Live monitoring

33. UAV system in the box
3 kg system with casing

34. Ground Control System
2-3 operators
15-20min. Installation & ready to fly

35. Site Installation

36. Transferring flight data from ground control system
(flight instruction) to UAV autonomous system

37. Final test before take off / flight mission.

39. Hand launch glider UAV

40. UAV on flight mission

41. After flight mission completed, UAV ready to land on the recovery net

42. UAV manually landed on net for recovery

43. Images are downloaded from the camera for stitching process
2 sq km coverage consist of approx. 100 piece of vertical aerial images of
ground size 250 x 270m. Images are stitched/mosaic to show the bigger covering
area.
Yoo..go to zoomifly bro!!

44. Quality sample of one aerial picture at 100% view (able
to zoom for detail) each image resolution at 7-10 cm at
altitude 1000 ft

45. Images are stitched (mosaic) using
remote sensing software to produce the
bigger aerial picture.

46. Pemprosesan Imej
(Orthoractification Process)
- Mosaic / Stitch
- Ground Control Point
- Kemaskini pemetaan
Proses lapikan Individual imej (lapping)

47. Sample of one aerial images that
already been stitched
Current capacity, UAV can cover 1.5-2 sq km area in a single flight
mission. Current R&D We to increase the capacity.

48. Patching to existing Satellite Image
(Practical & economical)
Satellite Images UAV Images
Sample area Danga Bay, Johor Bahru
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

49. Imej UAV
Imej Satellite
Pusat Pentadbiran Baru Kerajaan Johor
Nusajaya – patch/overlay to satellite

50. Sample of UAV image overlayed in Google Map
satellite image. For image online sharing and
showcase

51. UAV image premium
High resolution images
Pic satellite
Cloud cover
Pic satellite
Cloud cover
Sample aerial images (in Tangkak, Johor), overlay
at existing cloud cover satellite image.

52. Image Comparison (Satellite & Traditional Aerial Photo)
Pada zoom digital ketinggian 1000 kaki
Satellite Image Aircraft UAV Images
Danga Bay Business Complex Tapak pembinaan di Taman Pulai Danga Bay Business Complex
Perbezaan Kejelasan
Imej Udara dari 3
sumber utama;
Resolusi imej satellite semasa
adalah sekitar 200 cm per pixel,
Imej pesawat, 50 cm & UAV
dibawah 15 cm per pixel.
Imej UAV boleh diperolehi
dengan cepat dan lebih jelas,
dan perolehan yang cepat iaitu
sesuai untuk pemantauan
makro (macro planning)
Imej UAV – < 15 cm per pixel resolusi
visual yang jelas dan sesuai untuk kegunaan perancangan mikro

53. Resolution advantage – micro planning etc. (Satellite Imej vs UAV Imej)
Sat Image Cherating Club Med

54. Sebahagian Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, Johor
Imej Satellite pada ketinggian yang sama (1,200 kaki)

55. Sebahagian Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, Johor
Imej UAV Geo Sense diambil pada Oct. 2009 Ketinggian 1,200 kaki

58. Sebahagian Mesjid Tampoi, Kampung Pasir,
Imej Satellite pada ketinggian yang sama (1,200 kaki)

59. Danga Bay – March 2009

60. Danga Bay Commercial Complex– March 2009

61. Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Johor, Nusajaya – March 2009

62. UAV Quality Images
Danga Bay
Tebus Guna Tanah, Danga Bay – March 2009

63. Tebus Guna Tanah, Danga Bay – March 2009

64. Potential Applications

65. Updating / Patching Current
Unclear Satellite Imagery
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

66. Property Monitoring & Asset Management
Canopy
Property under
renovation
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd.

67. Project Progress Monitoring

68. Enforcement & Auditing

69. Aerial Survey – Squatter
Management etc
Zoom Area

70. Integration
GIS / Boundaries Info
Lot 12333
Lot 15621
Lot 25621 Future
Development
Ref Lot 112122
Lot 76575
Lot 34243
Mengesan gerai haram –
Application Tujuan Penguatkuasaan
Development Future
Ref Lot 112122 Development
Ref Lot 112122 Future
Development
Ref Lot 112122

71. GIS / Web Integration
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72. River Monitoring / Flood Management

73. Pemantauan Tadahan Air & Sungai
(Environmental protection)
Pasir Gudang

74. Property Monitoring

75. Agricultural / Crop Monitoring /Precision farming
Infrared Imagery
Crop Analysis

76. Palm Oil Monitoring

77. social political
Planning database

78. Semporna, Sabah, Community, Postal network Study
MCMC

79. Sample of Multiple Government / Civilian Supporting GIS System
Applications
Tanah Runtuh
Planning & Monitoring Center
Flood
Environmental Monitoring
Catastrophic / Flood etc
Crowd Monitoring

80. Back to requirement.. Supporting GIS layers
Maklumat Asas
sempadan/
Cadastral
Jalan / POI
Populasi
Imej Satellite
Imej UAV
Data Accessibility
Visualization & Analyzing Platform Presentation

81. Design Opportunity - Mini – hand launch UAV utilization in military
Practical for infantry and surveillance military application

82. Malaysia Design Community
• Innovation, be different, do something new
• Our experience in Geosense
– entrepreneurial sprit + engineering
– UAV a complex sys. multi disciplinary, we
crash many x, a challenge to keep improve
– Use other technology :(
– Re-engineer, continuous improvement-learn,
collaboration,
– our own tech. proud :)
• We are at the beginning - Long way to go

83. Looking for
• New ideas
• Collaboration
• Improvement
– Endurance
– Load
– Sensors
– Software (autopilot & image processing)
• Customers

84. Thanks You
ismaili@geosense.com.my
+6 019 726 6411
www.geosense.com.my