On November 9th, 2021, Adorama Drones hosted a webinar titled “RTK and Photogrammetry on a Mobile Device: The Pix4D viDoc Rover.” During the event, Chad Collier, Chief UAS Pilot at Adorama Drones, and Ryan Sweeney, Channel Sales Manager for North America at Pix4D, walk through the features, capabilities, and use cases for the brand new Pix4D viDoc Rover, Pix4D’s first hardware device.
Ryan also demonstratse capturing and processing of a never before seen data set, and answers questions from attendees along the way.
Webinar Presentors
Chad Collier currently serves as the Chief UAS Pilot at Adorama. Collier boasts a 10+ year career in Law Enforcement in State of Michigan and 1,000+ hours UAS commercial operations. He is a Mid-Atlantic Aviation program Certified pilot, Natural Disaster Response UAS Pilot, 1 of 25 nationally designated specialists for confined space drone operations, and was 1 of 6 pilots in a case study for nationwide waivers including flight over people and BVLOS. Collier is also a certified instructor for BRINC Drones.
Ryan Sweeney is the Channel Sales Manager at Pix4D. Ryan has over 15 years of experience in the civil and vertical construction industry. From operating heavy equipment to managing GNSS equipment and machine control, building 3D models, managing as-builts, as well as UAV mapping, laser scanning, mobile mapping, and more.
Key Features of the Pix4D viDoc Rover
In the webinar, you will learn about some of the major features of the device. This includes:
Capture
Couple the viDoc RTK rover to PIX4Dcatch via Bluetooth and connect to any NTRIP service of your choice. Walk around your area of interest to acquire high-precision positional data for individual images.
RTK positioning rover for 3D scanning
The viDoc RTK rover, synchronized with PIX4Dcatch, geotags the images of the 3D scan in real-time, while connected to any NTRIP service.
Enhanced performance
The viDoc RTK rover supports 600 channels including all major constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou) resulting in convergence within 5 seconds. This portable solution comes with powerful lithium polymer batteries to provide continuous usage.
Replacing complex workflows
Ground surveying equipment like laser scanners or rovers can be expensive, bulky and require technical understanding. On the other hand, while flying drones over a site can help in keeping track of worksite, the current regulations and no-fly zones make drone mapping a challenge in cities.
Supported devices
The viDoc RTK rover for PIX4Dcatch is designed for accurately capturing 3D spaces from the ground with an iPad Pro 11 2020, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max equipped with LiDAR sensors.
