Developing GeoINT (Geospatial Intelligence) and UAS (Drone) Courses and Programs Vincent A. DiNoto, Jr. Director of GeoTech Center [email protected]Empowering Colleges: Expanding the Geospatial Workforce Based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DUE ATE 1304591, 1644409, 1700496. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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Growing the Workforce The National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence was notified in March of 2017 that it has received funding for an additional five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Advanced Technological Education (ATE) (DUE 1700496).
GeoTech Team• Vince DiNoto – Director/PI (Kentucky)• Ann Johnson – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Idaho)• Ken Yanow – Assoc. Director/co-PI (California)• Nicole Ernst – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Pennsylvania)• Rich Schultz – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Illinois)• Rodney Jackson – Senior Team (North Carolina)• Chris Cruz – Senior Team (California)• Ming Tsou – Senior Team (California)• Thomas Mueller – Senior Team (Pennsylvania)• Wing Cheung – Senior Team (California)• Adam Dastrup – Senior Team (Utah)• John Johnson – Senior Team (California)
Consultants and Evaluator
• Global Skills Exchange (GSX) – David Wilcox
• U.S. GeoIntelligence Foundation (USGIF) –Daryl Murdock
• Washington State University – Candiya Mann
What’s New?The GeoTech Center will concentrate efforts on developing curriculum and professional development in areas which are rapidly evolving as related to Growing the Workforce, through both traditional and non-traditional educational offerings.
How does Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies fit into geospatial offerings?
What’s New?The GeoTech Center will concentrate efforts on developing curriculum and professional development in areas which are rapidly evolving as related to Growing the Workforce, through both traditional and non-traditional educational offerings.
How does Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies fit into geospatial offerings?
Is there a place for GeoINT and location based intelligence in two-year college programs?
Goal 1 Activities
Applied Research: Emerging Trends – investigate the needed skills and competencies for the GST Workforce Domain.
• DACUMs on UAS Imagery/Operator
Meta-DACUM in UAS technologies• Design a Curriculum
process used• Multiple DACUMs
combined to form the Meta-DACUM
• Displayed is the Meta-DACUM for GIS and Remote Sensing
Traditional Aircraft Remote Sensing Roles
• Mission Planner
• Sensor Specialist
• Pilot
• Analyst
UAS Remote Sensing Roles
• One person in all the roles?
– Mission planner
– Camera Optics
– FAA Part 107 Certified Pilot
– Photogrammetrist/remote sensor
Mission Planning
• What is the purpose of the mission?
• What wavelengths are required to meet the end goal? Therefore, what sensors are needed?
• What amount of overlap is required?
• What resolution is required?
Mission Planning 2
• Flight path
• Stop vehicle to take an image, this depends a lot on the area being flown.
• Aircraft
– Fixed wing
– Multiple rotator
Flight Path
Camera Optics
• Many people have taken the attitude that imagery collection is like taking a picture with cell phone camera just point and shoot.
UAS Photography 101How do I set-up my camera to fly and get sharp images
ParametersShutter speed – light gathering abilitySize of aperture (f-stop) – light gathering and depth of field, larger the aperture the smaller the depth of field and the more light that can be gathered. ISO of CCD chip – the larger the value the shorter time required to gather the light but the more grainy the image.Speed of the aircraft - the faster the aircraft the more distance covered in a set period of time.
Note Shutter speed, Aperture size and ISO must all work together to create quality images.
Common Camera Issues
Aperture
• Size of the hole that lets light through
• Bigger (e.g. f/1.4) = more light = overexposed = smaller depth of view [left]
• Smaller (e.g. f/8) = less light = underexposed = larger depth of view [right]
UAS Photography 101How do I set-up my camera to fly and get sharp images
For example:1/100th of a second @ f/8 and flying at 10 mph with an ISO of 400 is 176 in/s therefore the aircraft moves 1.76 inch while the shutter is open or a little less than 5 centimeter.
By knowing the height of the aircraft and resolution of the camera you can determine how many pixels vehicle traveled. Typically this might be half a centimeter.
An f/stop of f/8 gives several feet in front of the focal point and behind to be in crisp focus. But an f/16 would be much better but that would require slowing the speed of the shutter.
Some multiple rotator systems software allows the vehicle to stop when a picture is captured, but slows the overall flight.
Do not use auto focus because this will change the size of the pixel!
An ISO of 400 is a good standard, the brighter the day the larger the number but using a bigger number while it might be a little grainy can allow for a faster shutter speed.
FAA Part 107
• To fly commercially you must be FAA certified.
– Make sure you understanding your institution insurance policy.
– Register your vehicle with the FAA and display the registration number on the vehicle.