ISO/CD 17123-10.2

Optics and optical instruments — Field procedures for testing geodetic and surveying instruments — Part 10: UAV photo measurement systems

Scope

This part of ISO 17123 specifies test procedures for the preliminary assessment of the validity of an entire workflow involving photography with UAV photo measurement systems (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with cameras – or also known as drone systems) used for specific surveying tasks, such as determining land surfaces, monitoring earthworks, monitoring and measuring all kind of structural designs and civil construction sites, calculating volumes and many other similar surveying applications. Primarily, these tests are intended to be field verifications of the suitability of a particular UAV system, including camera and processing software, and the survey results resulting from the synthesis of pre-planned shooting conditions to meet the accuracy requirements for a particular survey task. The focus for the test procedures is set to simplicity - they shall allow a quick judgement, if the system can obtain the desired accuracy given by the job. They are not intended for the calibration of UAV photo measurement systems. Both the full and the simplified test procedure require a minimal set of markers on the ground with known coordinates, to be used as ground control points and check points.