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Dam inspection – Topographic survey and disorders detection made by drone and aerial photogrammetry

  • March 1, 2021
  • 1:51 pm

Dam inspection carried out by drone and photogrammetry.

Results obtained from 1826 aerial images over a 4840m² area.

Defects map made on the upstream face of the dam

Dam inspection by drone

Orthophoto of the Dorlay dam (Loire department), september 2020. Work made from 1826 aerial images taken by Aeromap Solutions, drone operator specializing in construction and technical inspections of engineering works. Post-processing by Drones Imaging.

On this structure, the orthophoto of the upstream facing (face facing south-west) allowed, by surface clipping, the georeferenced detection of all the disorders required by the specifications:

  • Cracking.
  • Construction joints.
  • Crack <0.5mm.
  • Crack >0.5mm.
  • Patches.
  • Beads.
  • Geometric irregularities.

With variable surfaces, the polygons detected by photo-interpretation and sometimes overlapping each other on the upstream face, a calculation of the centroids made it possible to reduce the positive surfaces to unique geolocated points selectable by attribute class of disorders. Thus allowing, subsequently, to export an Excel workbook listing all the defects by class but also by location XYZ / NGF -General level of France thus offering the end customer a spreadsheet summarizing this inspection service for optimal management of their datas (as illustrated below).

Dam inspection by drone

TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS

  • Processing and geomatics service : Drones Imaging company
  • Flights and aerial image source : Aeromap Solutions company
  • Spatial accuracy: centimeter with EMLID Reach RS2
  • Orthophoto : GSD 8mm
  • Total inspected area : 4840m²
  • Drone : DJI P4P
  • Camera : FC6310
  • Photogrammetry software : Metashape
  • Deliverables formats : Autocad plans in Dwg and Pdf formats and defect spreadsheet in Excel formats
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