International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Artificial Intelligence Combined with UAVs Is Set to Increase Drafting Efficiency in Engineering and Surveying
Publication: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
ABSTRACT
Unmanned aerial vehicles have been at the center of innovation in surveying and engineering. However, adoption has been slow due to concerns over accuracy, along with complexities of managing aerial data. In order to see improvements in both accuracy and data processing, the industry needs to continue to explore new approaches. Artificial intelligence (AI) has significant potential to advance the profession in making sense of massive amounts of aerial data and answer to its request for automation. In a recent industry study, over 50% of the respondents mentioned that “lack of automation” is their number one pain point and desire that technology can address in the future. This paper describes the capabilities and limitations of AI applied to surveying, informed by the development of the AirWorks software, and the first tool that creates CAD drawings autonomously by extracting features of aerial images. It demonstrates significant time savings, and how these can be overcome collaboratively going forward.
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International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Pages: 60 - 73
Editor: Guohui Zhang, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8313-8
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Published online: Aug 31, 2020
Published in print: Aug 31, 2020
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