MANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
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Take on larger jobs than drones
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With greater agility and economy than commercial manned systems
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Pre-configured payloads and workflows

The gap between enterprise systems and drones
Klau Geomatics systems and aircraft hit the ‘sweet spot’
Drones have brought aerial mapping into vogue, but there is a point of scale where they become very inefficient and costly.
Traditional manned aerial surveys have high capital costs and operational costs, and are cost effective only on very large scale.
Aerial mapping from a light aircraft with a Klau Geomatics solution is the sweet spot for many aerial capture requirements.

THE PROBLEMS
There is a level of complexity in setting up an aircraft for aerial mapping.
Mounting sensors on an aircraft requires certification.
Flight management is required to plan and fly the mission and trigger sensors.
Direct Georeferencing is required to enable efficient accurate data capture.
Processing and data delivery is another bottleneck.
THE SOLUTION
Klau Geomatics brings the sensors, certified installation, flight management, positioning, data processing and data delivery together in an end to end solution.
Pilots and surveyors are not necessarily integrators. We do that. You do what you best, or do it even better, with a reliable acquisition system.
We can help with data processing, analytics and visual web delivery via 4DMapper.
Positioning Systems

A Klau Geomatics positioning system is at the heart of every payload, the key to integration and accuracy.
The key to an efficient manned system is the controller, providing control and accurate positioning of the sensors.
Create data with accuracy and you are ‘forward engineering’ your project. Efficent capture, efficient processing to produce accurate deliverables at lower cost.
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KlauPPK – GNSS, full constellation, multi-frequency PPK (requires base station data). Camera triggering and camera centre positioning.
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Terrastar – PPP GNSS, no base station, high accuracy, anywhere, real time or post processed.
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Brumby INS – GNSS/IMU, live tightly coupled trajectory processing, live geoid interp and live pointcloud generation for LiDAR.

KlauPPK Manned Aircraft Controller
Accurate georeferencing with connectivity to FMS, IMUs and Sensors
Our trusty original manned system, well suited to single or dual camera configurations, to create accurate camera centre coordinates.
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NovAtel 7 Series GNSS, compatible with various IMUs, with advanced interference mitigation, military spec, tested over millions of hours.
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Accurate camera centre positioning for DSLRs, medium format cameras and other sensors.
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Sync and log IMUs, LiDAR, DSLR and PhaseOne cameras, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, Geophysical sensors
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Supports PPK and ‘no-base-station’ PPP/PPK, real time or post processed
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Send PPS, NMEA and event marks to sensors and flight management systems
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time or distance camera triggering


Brumby Controller
Edge Compute INS controller for the ultimate in accuracy and processing power.
Heart of the Brumby LiDAR is the Brumby Controller, a powerful edge compute device that manages accurate positioning, orientation and control of sensors including LiDAR, RGB and 4-band cameras, 360 cameras, multispectral and hyperspectral.
Edge Compute LIVE Processing
Essential with any LiDAR integration, a new paradigm in data acquisition and processing. The Brumby Controller produces pointclouds live.
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Dual Receiver NovAtel 7 Series GNSS , IMU, SPAN INS
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Edge compute trajectory, precise geoid and live LiDAR georeferencing, producing an accurate pointcloud on the fly
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Full INS with RTK or TerraStar-C Pro PPP, real time or post processed trajectory and orientation for multiple sensors
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Control LiDAR and other external sensors such as DSLRs or PhaseOne, multispectral, hyperspectral, 360 cameras
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Real time or post processed trajectory and orientation values for all sensors

From simple to sophisticated, you can add more accuracy and efficiency to your aerial mapping operations.
We can connect to any aerial, industrial or DSLR camera for light manned aerial mapping. You may have a simple setup already. Add our PPK to trigger by distance and capture the precise photo timing. With aircraft tilts applied, your accurate photo centre positions will mean less post processing and way less requirements on ground survey.
Add Terrastar-C Pro ‘RTK from the Sky’ and never think about base stations again.
If you choose a LiDAR system or would just like to have full direct georeferencing on your cameras, choose the Brumby for precise trajectory, geoid and live pointcloud georeferencing.
Sensors
What are the best sensors to capture the data you need?
Consider your deliverables, the outcomes you need, and work back from there. Do you need photogrammetry, LiDAR or something else to best achieve your goals?
Stepping up your UAV operations to take on larger jobs and clients? Or looking to expand your aviation business to aerial mapping?
We can make this work for you.
Photogrammetry with larger sensors to capture high quality images, way less images per square kilometre.
As many operators are considering LiDAR as an alternative, the choice of scanners, capture rates, range, point density, and other output specifics and analytics opens up a lot of questions. Our systems can be customised to meet your requirements.

Cameras
Moving to a manned system opens up more options with cameras for photogrammetry or inspection. Medium format cameras with larger sensors capture much more data in each image with more data in each pixel.
Choose from one or two cameras. PhaseOne and Fujifilm are popular at 100 or 150 MP.
Cameras can be set up to shoot nadir or oblique. You can modify a camera to capture Near Infra Red for agriculture analytics.
LiDAR
We work with a number of LiDAR suppliers with fully integrated georeferencing systems.
Reigl is recommended for mid-range aerial mapping at typical flight heights. Ouster and Hesai provide high point density at lower cost, for low level airborne capture, inspection and geophysics.
If wide area high density LiDAR data is really what you need, Klau Geomatics can provide Geiger-Mode LiDAR data as a service.


Configure your Klau Geomatics system.
Contact us to discuss your requirements.