Paul Braun 1

Bio: Since the late 1980’s Paul has been engaged in the geospatial industry via WI DNR, deploying GIS in eastern Europe with the Peace Corps, teaching at the University of South Carolina, and 20+ years in the private sector. He has a BS in Landscape Architecture from UW-Madison and an MS in Renewable Natural Resources from the Univ of Arizona. He currently serves as Vice President, Continental Mapping.

Unmanned Aerial Systems – A Viable Technology for Geospatial Data Development

UAS are capable of safely collecting numerous types of geospatial data to support studies, design, construction, inspections & maintenance. Data collected ranges from color imagery & video, thermal & hyperspectral, to air quality. The data is at very high levels of resolution & can be processed into high accuracy mapping products (with appropriate control). Continental Mapping will showcase several project examples and walk attendees through the processing of data sets to create geospatial data such as surfaces, othos & planimetric data. We will stress best practices in the collection and processing of the data. Emphasis will also be made on emerging technologies such as Full Motion Video (FMV) to support the element of time and analytics.

UAS, drones, aerial mapping, orthos, DSM