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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
a historical building facade. Having
the expertise to prevent errors before
they happen, and catch any errors in a
timely manner is the best way to save
money. Several companies are starting
to make drone-specific lidar sensors, but
understanding where and how these
tools can be best utilized isn’t a simple
endeavor. These are just a few of the
topics that ASPRS Certified Mapping
Scientists can talk through in detail.
If you want to get deeper into the field
of photogrammetry, the ASPRS UAS
Technical Symposium is a wonderful
place to do just that. Being a profes-
sional in any career requires having
the appropriate knowledge and experi-
ence to be able to provide a real value
to your clients, and ASPRS makes the
path to gaining that knowledge and
experience a lot easier than figur-
ing things out by making mistakes.
Whether you are just getting started
on your journey, or just about to take
the certification exam like I was, it
gives the information you need to
become better are high accuracy drone
surveying.
The attitudes and opinions of sur-
veyors and engineers when it comes
to drone technology have certainly
changed over the past few years, as
many have come to realize that drones
are ultimately tools to enable new
workflows. There’s still work to be done
on this front though, and that’s part
of the reason the ASPRS UAS Techni-
cal Symposium is so important to the
industry as a whole. It has already
helped to enable the credibility of the
technology, and that credibility is only
going to become more powerful and
widespread as more and more profes-
sionals understand the impact it can
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enable for accuracy and reliability, as
well as the bottom line.
About the Author
Logan Campbell is the founder and
CEO of Aerotas. Aerotas provides
complete drone solutions for land
surveyors, including drone program
implementation and drone photo-
grammetry & CAD linework drafting
service. Logan holds holds ASPRS UAS
Mapping Scientist Certificate #002.
He graduated from Harvard Business
School in 2015 and brings experience
in a broad range of industries, in-
cluding agriculture, real estate, and
finance. A lifelong tinkerer and avid
drone enthusiast, Logan also has hun-
dreds of hours of flight experience over
a broad set of different drone types.
Editors Note
: The article was origi-
nally published on Commercial UAV
News.
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