Universal Wing's committed to highest standard quality control from project beginning to end.
- Consultation:
We discuss the client’s needs and create a data acquisition solution and reporting format to meet those needs. - Programming:
Universal Wing obtains digital information (digital elevation models, coordinate points, topography maps etc.). Using this information, the UAV flight path is planned and programmed. Continued communication with the client throughout the process is essential and remains an operating norm for the enterprise. - Logistics:
Crews mobilize themselves and equipment to the job site. - Data processing:
Raw data is reviewed and compiled after each survey flight and sent to clients on a regular basis. - Modeling:
Done using industry standard software. - Reporting Procedures and Compilation:
Daily field operations, weather, processed data and interpretation of data collected during survey, and highest-quality maps / images / other data visualizations are produced at the customer’s scale and resolution requirements.
Our service structure is competitive and innovative and can be tailored to meet your project needs.
Aerial Surveying
The image above was taken with Universal Wing’s camera plane. It was flown at an altitude of 350 metres AGL (Above Ground Level), and the photograph was shot at a resolution of 15 cm in August of 2009.
Aerial Surveying can include a wide variety of sectors:
- infrastructure surveillance (power lines and pipelines),
- crop monitoring,
- natural disaster assessment,
- forest fire detection and surveillance,
- search and rescue (SAR),
- illegal fishing monitoring,
- terrain surveys for large excavation projects (eg. mining, oil exploration)
Geophysical Surveying
Here is an example of Venturer UAV capturing geo-referenced, aerial photo data.
- UAVs can fly at lower elevations and slower speeds than manned fixed wing aircraft to enhancing signal/noise ratios.
- For geomagnetic data collection, the magnetic signature of the aircraft itself must be minimized to optimize data quality. Venturer is a non-magnetic system, equipped with carbon fibre reinforcements, non-ferrous fasteners and power sources, and shielded electronics. Venturer is equipped with a horizontal magnetic gradiometer for optimal data quality.
- There are considerable advantages in conducting magnetic surveys at night when there is much less disturbance in the earth's magnetic fields. Helicopters and fixed wing aircraft typically cannot conduct surveys at night.
- Company personnel have deep roots in the exploration sector and know the business well.
