mapKITE
EGNOS-GPS/GALILEO-based high-resolution terrestrial-aerial sensing system

Background & Objectives

mapKITE is a terrestrial-aerial surveying system that combines the advantages of the terrestrial and airborne (manned or unmanned) ones. It responds to corridor mapping market needs only fulfilled by much more expensive separate terrestrial and aerial missions.

The first objective of mapKITE project is to build a mature EGNSS enabled prototype of a novel tandem terrestrial-aerial mapping system based on a terrestrial vehicle (TV) and on an unmanned aircraft (UA), both equipped with remote sensing payloads. The UA will follow the TV at a constant flying height above ground while geodata are acquired simultaneously from the TV and the UA. The final product is high resolution, oriented, calibrated and integrated images of a corridor and its environment.

The second objective is to demonstrate services; i.e., the technical/commercial feasibility of the concept.

The third objective is to develop the market: at the end of the project, contracts or negotiations shall be in place so the prototype can be used in operational conditions. MapKITE targets corridor mapping.

Coordinator: 
Marta Blázquez
GeoNumerics
Josep Pla 82
08019 Barcelona Barcelona
Spain
EUSPA Project Officer: 
Alina Hriscu
Total Cost: 
1 530 269 €
EU Contributions: 
872 192 €
Project Call: 
H2020-Galileo-2014
Contract Number: 
641518

Resources

Article - Corridor Mapping of Sandy Coastal Foredunes with UAS Photogrammetry and Mobile Laser Scanning

05 June 2019

MapKITE

05 October 2018

MapKITE is a tandem system composed by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a Terrestrial Vehicle (TV) equipped with remote sensing technology (cameras and LiDAR) and operating as a virtual kite (the UAV follows the TV by receiving its navigation information). The goal is the simultaneous acquisition of aerial-terrestrial geodata for mapping missions. 

Partners
GRID-IT GmbH
Austria
Engemap
Brazil
Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)
Brazil
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland
TopScan GmbH
Germany
ALTAIS SL Cartografia y Urbanismo
Spain
CATUAV
Spain
DEIMOS Engenharia
Portugal
UAVision
Portugal

Updated: Jun 06, 2019