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Method & Data Analysis

Method & Data Analysis - Sept. 9th, 2025
Method
Drove to site
Read thoroughly through lab requirements
Field notebook out and ready to take notes
Set up Drone Station
Flew Drone within LAANC authorization limits
Max Alt. 200’ AGL
Purdue Turf Farm Boundaries
Mapping Mission - Predetermined Flight
Red Boundary
200 feet altitude
80% side and frontal overlap
Lens straight down at 90 degrees (known as Nadir)
Blue Boundary
60-to-80-foot altitude
80% side and frontal overlap
75-degree bevel on lens
Crosshatch enabled
Perimeter enabled
Landed & packed up
Processed Data
Data Collection
Setup and Travel
1hr 5min
Drone flight
45min
Images (HD1080p)
Red Boundary (200ft AGL)
132 Images - 4.85MB per Image
Blue Boundary (100ft AGL)
321 Images - 5.63 MB per image
Size of Files
Photos
Red Boundary (200ft AGL): 682MB
Blue Boundary (100ft AGL): 1.67GB
Common Questions
Geofencing?
We didn’t use geofencing because it wasn’t a requirement for the lab and we were under LAANC already.
Ceiling?
Set to 200’ AGL because that was the max altitude, we could get an automatic approval for through LAANC.

Aerials

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Fig. 1: Group A Mapping Missions

Blue Boundary

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Fig. 2: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary
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Fig. 3: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary
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Fig. 4: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary
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Fig. 5: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary
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Fig. 6: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary
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Fig. 7: 100ft AGL - Blue Boundary

Red Boundary

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Fig. 8: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary
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Fig. 9: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary
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Fig. 10: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary
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Fig. 11: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary
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Fig. 12: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary
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Fig. 13: 200ft AGL - Red Boundary


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