Unmanned aircraft systems: a new tool for DOT inspections : final report

Details

• Creators:
  Zajkowski, Tom ; Snyder, Kyle ; Arnold, Evan ; Divakaran, Darshan
• Corporate Creators:
  North Carolina State University. Institute for Transportation Research & Education ; NextGen Air Transportation Consortium
• Corporate Contributors:
  North Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Analysis Group ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data collection
  • Drone aircraft
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Inspection
  • State departments of transportation
  • Surveying methods and processes
  • Aviation
  • Surveying
  • UAS
  • drones
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  2016-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  1649756
• Corporate Publisher:
  North Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Analysis Group
• Description:
  The NextGen Air Transportation Program (NGAT) at North Carolina State University (NCSU) collaborated with the NCDOT departments (Location and Surveys, Photogrammetry, Aviation, etc.) to analyze the potential role of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in transportation environments such as structural inspections, small area surveys, rockslide assessments, and other situations. This project provided insight into UAS integration as an additional tool for situational assessment and surveying during inspection activities, especially for smaller areas and difficult to reach places. Multiple aircraft were used for data capture. Data sets captured included orthophotos, DEMs, traffic videos, thermal imagery, and flight logs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32892/dot_32892_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.43 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c02b18d889c69f30c8b39cd47ff434818e813619ef6ffe0eb0ef9485a64483f4