UAV systémy v procesu sbírání údajů pro využití ve vodním hospodářství

Abstract

Once every few years there is a necessity to measure the transverse profiles of watercourses within the water management of the Slovak Republic. These are particularly important for the creation of 3D models of watercourses, which aresubsequently used to delineate floodplains or as a means of simulating the maximum possible water flow through a given watercourse. However, the current method of data collection for creating these 3D models is very lengthy and inefficient. Thus, this research is concerned with the design of a new method of data collection for the creation of 3D models, specifically using an unmanned aerial system (UAS) consisting of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a laser surface scanning technology (LiDAR) device. The objective was to create a 3D model of the crosssectional profile of the selected drainage channel on Rye Island using the proposed UAS, to compare the measured data using an alternative method of measuring the channel bed by technology currently in use (GNSS receiver) and finally to compare the measured data with archival data. Although the proposed UAS measurements showed unquestionable qualities in terms of frequency and speed of data collection, the values measured by the UAS were often inaccurate and did not correspond to reality, mainly due to the high water pollution in one of the monitored areas. For this reason, the proposed method of data collection is particularly suitable for measuring watercourses with a minimum amount of clean water. Unfortunately, there are not many of these watercourses in Slovakia, so this method is not suitable for frequent use in the conditions of water management in the Slovak Republic.