What you will learn?
Medium with Drone Mapping and Surveying
PART A
Theory Sessions – Day 1 & 2
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| 1 |
Stakeholders & their Laws, Drone Rules 2021 |
17:00 Hours |
| 2 |
Basic Principles of Flight |
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| 3 |
ATC Procedures & Radio Telephony |
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| 4 |
Fixed wing Operations & Aerodynamics |
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| 5 |
Rotorcraft Operations & Aerodynamic |
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| 6 |
Hybrid Operations & Aerodynamics |
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| 7 |
Weather & Meteorology |
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| 8 |
Drone Equipment and maintenance |
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| 9 |
Risk Assessment & Analysis – Safety Management / TEM |
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| 10 |
Payload installation & utilization |
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| 11 |
Intro to Drone Data & Analysis |
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| 12 |
Final Test Theory |
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Simulator Session – Day 3
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| 1 |
Introduction to Flight Simulator |
03:00 Hours |
| 2 |
Sim familiarization |
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| 3 |
Pre-flight checks, Take off, Cruise |
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| 4 |
Approach. Go-around & Landing, Post-Flight Checks |
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| 5 |
Basic Assembly & Maintenance |
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Flying Session – Day 4 & 5
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| 1 |
Intro to Digital Sky platform |
4:15 Hours |
| 2 |
RPAS familiarization & Safety briefing |
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| 3 |
Introductory flight (sensitivity of controls, orientation) |
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| 4 |
Take-off, Climbing, descending and maintaining height |
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| 5 |
Basic Controls: Pitch, Roll and Yaw |
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| 6 |
Disorientation & Recovery |
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| 7 |
Progress Check – Multirotor |
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| 8 |
Level turns in both directions |
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| 9 |
Climbing and descending turns |
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| 10 |
Left and right square circuits patterns |
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| 11 |
Flying in circles |
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| 12 |
Flying in figure of 8 |
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| 13 |
Mission Planning & Instrument Flying |
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| 14 |
Auto Mission & Flight |
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| 15 |
Night Flying |
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| 16 |
Abnormal/ Emergency procedures |
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| 17 |
Final Test – Multirotor |
00:20 Hours |
PART B
Mapping Theory, Simulator & Flying
Theory Sessions – Day 1 to 2.5
| Topic | Description | Duration |
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| DGCA Rules and Regulations | Regulatory framework, compliance, permissions | 20:00 Hours |
| Fundamentals of Surveying & Drone Mapping | Types of surveying, sensors (RGB, multispectral, LiDAR, thermal), GCPs, RTK/PPK | |
| Mission Planning & Field Preparation | Pix4D, DroneDeploy, QGroundControl, overlaps, altitude, checklists, GCP techniques | |
| Live Drone Mapping Flight | Data acquisition, GNSS/RTK workflow, troubleshooting, documentation | |
| Data Processing & Analysis | Pix4D, DroneDeploy, Metashape workflows, DSM/DTM, contours, volumes, exporting maps | |
| Case Studies & Final Project | Mining, real estate, agriculture, construction, ethics, complete mapping project | |
| Final Theory Test | | |
Simulator Session – Day 3 (Second Half)
| Sr. No. | Activity | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Flight Simulator | |
| 2 | Sim familiarization, Controls check | |
| 3 | Pre-flight checks, Take off, Cruise | |
| 4 | Approach. Go-around & Landing, Post-Flight Checks | |
| 5 | Cruise & Turns, Climbing & Climbing Turns | |
| 6 | Descending & Descending Turns | |
| 7 | Night Flying | |
| 8 | Abnormal/Emergency Procedures | |
| 9 | Final Test | |
Flying Sessions – Day 4 & 5
| Sr. No. | Activity | Duration |
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| 1 | RPAS familiarization, Pre-flight checks & Safety briefing | 02:45 Hours |
| 2 | Introductory flight & control sensitivity | |
| 3 | Manual Take-off & Hovering | |
| 4 | Manual Grid Flying (Without Software) | |
| 5 | Auto-Mapping Mission (Mission Planner / Drone Deploy / Pix4D) | |
| 6 | Corridor Mapping Exercise | |
| 7 | Image Capture Exercise | |
| 8 | Emergency Handling During Mapping | |
| 9 | RTK/PPK-based Mapping (Advanced) | |
| 10 | Post-Processing Orientation (Non-Flying) | |
| 11 | Final Test – Multirotor | |
Additional Learning
- Pricing strategies, branding, client acquisition
- DGCA commercial operation guidelines, SOPs, documentation, insurance & risk analysis
- Drafting a mini business model
Outcome
- Understand survey fundamentals and drone applications in mapping
- Plan and execute drone mapping missions with safety and accuracy
- Use professional tools to process and analyze drone data
- Produce orthomosaics, contour maps, and site analytics reports
