Mapping the Golden Pipeline using a PPK drone - Clancy Lagan-Brown

Clancy focuses on the mapping of a section of the Golden Pipeline using a PPK drone. When mapping large areas, such as the Kalgoorlie pipeline, the most efficient and effective way to do so can be using modern drone technology. In the field of mapping, drone imagery can sometimes prove to be the only way to accurately map large plots of land on a three-dimensional plane. However, standard drone surveys are limited by their reliance on accurate reference marks on the ground to be able to position other points. When mapping large areas, the advantages that drones provide in their efficiency quickly diminishes as the area that is required to be mapped increases. To overcome this issue, some modern drones such as the WingtraOne drone, have been fitted with Post-Processed Kinematic (PPK) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. By doing so, a single drone can accurately map large areas without complex ground control networks. This would allow any area to be mapped efficiently by simple image capture without the added man hours and work required to set out a terrestrial Ground Control Point (GCP) network. To assess the accuracy of the PPK GNSS drone survey when compared with a standard drone survey method, a network of GCPs and Check Points (CPs) were set out along a portion of the Kalgoorlie Pipeline. The WingtraOne drone was then flown along cross sections of the pipeline, capturing images down the pipeline. This set of images were used in both drone data processing methods

Thanks to the
Sponsors of the 2021 Coolgardie Survey Expedition:
C.R. Kennedy
HL Geospatial
MNG
Cottage & Engineering Surveys
Land Surveys
Veris
RM Surveys
Northern Star
Vision Surveys Consulting
Landgate
Curtin University
Land Surveying Licensing Board (LSLB)
Surveyors WA
Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)
Shire of Coolgardie
Eastern Goldfields Historical Society Inc

Students who participated:
Sebastian Butler
Jacob Martin
Michael Defrenne
Joshua Cepo
Blake Mansfield
Rob Kither
Dempsey May
Kimmy Benton
Oliver Brewster
Mitchell Tobin
Aaron Coves
Ainslea Kipling
Clancy Lagan-Brown

Mentors:
Gerry Nolan
Wayne
David Belton
Petra Helmholz
Ken Leighton
David King
Tony Snow
Sue Snow
Eugene Browne