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Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Course abstract

During the study course students acquire knowledge about the classification, construction and operating principles of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).
Gets acquainted with the application of drones in the acquisition of ground spatial information and solutions of geoinformation (remote sensing, geodesy, surveying and GIS) tasks.
Students learn the basic principles of drone driving. Acquires unmanned aircraft flight route planning, data processing and their practical application in remote sensing.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

1. Knows the classification of unmanned aerial vehicles, their structure, basic principles of application and possibilities in the field of geoinformation: test
2. Is able to determine the tasks of unmanned aerial vehicles and is able to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle; laboratory works
3. Able to plan the route of unmanned aerial vehicles, process the obtained data; laboratory works

Course Content(Calendar)

1. Unmanned aerial vehicle classification (2h)
2. Unmanned aerial vehicle design (2h)
3. Principles of unmanned aerial vehicle operation (2h)
4. Application development, opportunities and practice in the field of geoinformation (3h)
Test 1
5. Basic principles of unmanned aerial vehicle control (3h)
6. Practical operation of unmanned aerial vehicle (6h)
7. Route planning and situation assessment in the preparation of the object to be measured (3h)
8. Processing of data from unmanned aerial vehicle (4h)
9. Application of the obtained data in remote sensing (3h)
10. Analysis of the obtained data on inaccessible territories. (4h)
Test 2

Requirements for awarding credit points

Written type of examination ending with a mark.
The test task consists of:
- test on the theoretical subject acquired in the study course;
- practical task on the topics acquired in the study course laboratory works and homework.
All laboratory work, tests, homework must be passed.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

1. Within the framework of independent work, the student must plan the flight route of an unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with the instructions and task issued by the lecturers.
2. To perform (execute) the procedures for processing the obtained (issued by the lecturers) remote sensing original data using special software, to perform the procedures for checking the obtained result.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The course mark is formed as an accumulative assessment from the arithmetic mean of the test, laboratory work and independent work.
All planned laboratory work must be completed and credited. Attendance at lectures must be at least 75% of the total.
A student can obtain a successful mark on a test or exam test if at least 50% of the test questions are answered correctly.
Students who have at least 7 in this study course may not pass the theoretical test with a mark but equate the arithmetic mean of the tests in the study course with the marks of the theoretical test.
The final grade is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the tasks of the final test and the average marks of the semester, which is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the marks of the tests and homework taken in the study course.

Compulsory reading

Bezpilota gaisa kuģu lidojumu noteikumi: MK noteikumi Nr. 429 [tiešsaiste]. Pieņemts: 29.06.2021. Stājas spēkā: 01.07.2021. Pieejams: https://likumi.lv/ta/id/324351-bezpilota-gaisa-kugu-lidojumu-noteikumi
Administratīvā procesa likums: LR likums [tiešsaiste]. Pieņemts: 25.10.2001. Stājas spēkā: 01.02.2004. Pieejams: https://likumi.lv/ta/id/55567-administrativa-procesa-likums
Par aviāciju: LR likums [tiešsaiste]. Pieņemts: 05.10.1994. Stājas spēkā: 03.11.1994. Pieejams: https://likumi.lv/ta/id/57659-par-aviaciju
Specifiskās kategorijas bezpilota gaisa kuģu sistēmu ekspluatantu sertifikācijas un uzraudzības kārtība: MK noteikumi Nr. 437 [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://likumi.lv/ta/id/324359-specifiskas-kategorijas-bezpilota-gaisa-kugu-sistemu-ekspluatantu-sertifikacijas-un-uzraudzibas-kartiba

1. Helfriča B., Bīmane I., Kronbergs M., Zuments U. Ģeodēzija. Rīga, : LĢIA, 2007. 262 lpp.
2. Žagars J., Zvirgzds J., Kaminskis J. Globālās navigācijas satelītu sistēmas (GNSS). Ventspils: Ventspils Augstskola, 2014, . 231 lpp.
3. Teunissen P. , Montenbruck O. - (Editors), Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. P.Teunissen, O. Montenbruck, (editors). Springer International Publishing AG 2017, . 1335 p.

Further reading

https://uavfactory.com/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/unmanned-aerial-vehicles
https://www.space.com/29544-what-is-a-drone.html

Periodicals and other sources

https://geo-matching.com/
https://www.gim-international.com/
https://www.lgia.gov.lv/
http://lmb.lv/
http://leica.com/
https://trimble.com

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