Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey of Beckfoot, Hadrian’s Wall, UK

Jon Mills — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 21:23:36 +0000

The Hadrian’s Wall case study took a step forward today when the British weather finally allowed the UK team to undertake an UAV survey at Beckfoot, Cumbria. A Quest300 fixed-wing UAV (pictured), owned by Newcastle University, was used for the survey. With a maximum 15-minute flight time, the Beckfoot area was divided into two overlapping parts (north and south) and surveyed under two separate sorties. Supporting ground operations took place simultaneously and the survey data will be augmented by archaeological excavations and geophysical survey, including gradiometry and resistivity, surveys previously conducted in June.

Aerial Photogrammetry – CHT2 Project

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey of Beckfoot, Hadrian’s Wall, UK