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WWMP Drone Proposal Notes

Introduction

ODFW is tasked with monitoring the type and condition of habitat on 26,000 acres of protected property across 65 properties in the Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program. Advances aerial photography and GIS have made these products a critical tool to manage conservation lands and monitor easements. We are proposing purchasing a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) to capture high resolution orthomaps of the WWMP properties which will complement on-the ground-monitoring by ODFW and provide our sponsors with an additional tool to guide management decisions and improve conservation efficiency.

Current aerial mapping products available in ArcGIS are limited to 60cm per pixel. National Agriculture Imagery program images are 100 cm per inch. A sUAS is capable of mapping over 100 to 500 acres per hour at up to 1 cm per pixel. The sUAS resolution is 3600 times more detailed than currently available imagery. Additionally, we can choose when to fly: before/after restoration leaf on or off, during major flooding events, or during superblooms.

We are currently reviewing systems on the Blue UAS Cleared List per BPA Funding Policy. I consulted with ODFW sUAS pilots, BPA staff, and WWMP sponsors who all agreed that fixed wing mapping drones are the appropriate system for mapping WWMP properties. There are 3 fixed wing sUAS systems available, which meet the criteria for the WWMP.

Criteria: DoD Blue UAS Cleared List and able to capture 500 acres at 1 inch/pixel per flight.

Available sUAS and pricing for kit (case, battery, controller, spare parts, camera)

What free, local and state resources are available?

• NAIP – National Agriculture Imagery Program o 1 meter pixel size, flown yearly

• ESRI Basemap o 60cm, Maxar Vivid Standard - Satellite

UAV System Options

BPA Requirements

• On the DoD Blue Cleared List

• Approved by the BPA sUAS Review Team o Matt Schwartz is sending the application. He thinks our application will get approval.

Options from DoD Blue Cleared List

Flightwave 130 Blue

• Pricing is from sales rep

• Fixed Wing, multicopter (Osprey), mapping and oblique

• Pro Kit o Drone, gimbal camera, mapping camera, 2 batteries, flight software/controller, spare parts, hard case

• 2 hour flight time, capable of mapping 1000 acres at 1 centimeter per pixel with mapping head, https://www.diu.mil/blue-uas-cleared-list gimbal head can take oblique still shots

• Only package capable of both fixed wing flight for mapping and hovering for fixed oblique photography

• Examples of ortho products generated?

• PPK or RTK?

o Not today – RTK module standalone system o GPS coordinates on the system

• Mission planning has terrain following QGC

• Still in VC funding a year ago

• Who is using?

• Warranty?

o Comes with standard year warranty o Additional packages are available

• Terabytes of data potentially

• 16 systems of early access

• Timing of availability?

• Final final stages of developing mapping payload – proprietary

• Were using off the shelf centura payload

WingtraOne

• Pricing is from GSA Advantage

• Fixed Wing, VTOL, mapping

• Kit (no camera) o Drone, hard case, controller, 2 batteries

• Sony RX1R II RGB Camera (Mapping Camera) o Capable of 230 acres at 0.7 centimeter per pixel

• Micasense Rededge (Multispectral imaging) o Multispectral camera enables detailed analysis of plant communities/health

• PPK activation (enables precision georeferencing of photos)

• Total Maintenance Plan and Second Year Warranty available (comes with 1 year warranty) eBee TAC Public Safety

• Pricing is from Sales Rep

• Fixed Wing, hand launch, mapping

• Kit (no Camera)

• RGB sensor o Capable of mapping 1235 acres at 2.9 centimeter per pixel (90 minute flight at 400 ft)

• RTK (enables precision georeferencing of photos)

Parrot ANAFI US GOV

• Pricing is from GSA Advantage

• Multicopter o Drone, 3 batteries, controller, hard case, spare parts

• 32x zoom, thermal camera, wide angle lenses

• Works with Pix4dReact and Pix4dCapture

• Not built for mapping, so acre/day is unknown. I estimated it is similar to a DJI 3

DJI Mavic 3 (not allowable, but placed here for reference)

Image Processing Software

Pix4D Mapper

• Industry standard, recommended by BPA

• per month or perpetual

• Desktop Application

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS SiteScan

Drone2Map by Esri

Acres photographed per day

Flightwave 130 Blue – 2000 acres (2 batteries, 4 hours flying)

WingtraOne – 460 acres (2 batteries, hours?)

eBee TAC – 2470 acres (2 batteries, 3 hours flying)