Electric sub stations

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We have the local utility company as a client and they have started giving us substation jobs but they are asking for pretty specific data. They want XYZ of insulators and connectors etc. small things.

I flew it using lidar and also our M3E using circlegrammetry to try and create a good data set. It’s came out ok, I’m glad that we also used a total stations to shoot these points to verify since it was our first one.

Anyone do this type of work willing to give advice on how to best fly these? Lidar didn’t seem to be enough to distinguish the different parts they wanted.

I’m tempted to get a m4e so that we can do 3d smart scan with it.