MapKITE presented in Brazil
GeoNumerics' mapKITE terrestrial and aerial tandem geodata acquisition concept and project were presented on May 10th in the sixth edition of “MundoGEO#Connect Latin America 2016” and in the second “DRONEShow Latin America 2016” joint events, in São Paulo, Brazil. The joint events gathered more than three thousand participants between May 10th and 12th.
The group ENGEMAP, a GeoNumerics partner, organized a session in the aforementioned events where ENGEMAP's Business Executive Antonio de Lira and GeoNumerics' Chief Executive and Scientist Dr. Ismael Colomina presented the applications and concept of mapKITE respectively. With some fifty participants, the session was well attended and ended with small group discussions.
MapKITE is a novel geodata acquisition and georeferencing paradigm for 3D corridor mapping. MapKITE combines Terrestrial Mobile Mapping (TMM) with unmanned airborne Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (APRS) and enhances the combination with new and innovative concepts: Kinematic Ground Control Points (KGCPs); point-and-scale photogrammetric measurements of artificial targets; way point-based, land vehicle-to-unmanned aircraft virtual tethers; mobile ground control stations for unmanned aircraft (“drones”); and the use of the new Galileo ranging signals.