Reasons to choose UgCS Expert

• Decrease the time spent on LiDAR flight planning (up to 3 times) and let UgCS Expert pay back for itself within 1-2 projects.
• Utilize industry-leading LiDAR flight planning algorithms to increase the quality of gathered data
• Automate LiDAR IMU calibrations using in-built calibration patterns in UgCS (figure-eight, U-shape, automatic L1 calibration segments)
• Includes all features of UgCS PRO as well as tools for LiDAR surveys
• Keep exact distance to the nearest surface with the Smart AGL algorithm

Applications by industries

• Construction (site surveys, road corridors, bridge and dam inspections, vertical building facade inspections)
• Energy (powerline corridors and towers, solar farm inspections)
• Oil & gas (pipeline inspections, infrastructure monitoring)
• Agriculture & forestry (crop and plant health monitoring, large area (>10 ha) flight planning, data gathering for creation of detailed DEM/DSM)
• Search and rescue (plan search flights over large areas with changing terrain)
• Mining (quarry photogrammetry and LiDAR inspections, vertical high-wall inspections in open pit mines)

Features of UgCS EXPERT for LiDAR surveys

• LiDAR Area and LiDAR Corridor tools
• IMU Calibration route pattern (figure eight)
• IMU Calibration actions (figure eight, U-turn/J-hook)
• LiDAR flight planning based on FOV value
• Adjustable corner radius for smooth cornering and better data collection
• Loop turns for additional IMU calibration
• New Smart AGL algorithm
• Adjustable LiDAR area buffer size

Other features of UgCS EXPERT

• Plan flights with terrain following
• 3D flight planning interface
• Offline maps (fly without internet connection)
• Photogrammetry, Vertical (Facade) scan, Circlegrammetry, Corridor mapping, SAR, Linear, Circle, Waypoint, Perimeter, Area Scan flight planning tools
• Route import from KML/CSV data
• DEM/DSM elevation data import from .TIF format
• Preview flights with respect to terrain elevation profile
• Automatic telemetry recording
• Geo-referenced image import
• Create custom no-fly zones (NFZ)
• Custom map overlays
• ADS-B Receiver support
• Compatible with UgCS Mapper to process images and create map overlays. Discover »»»

Supported Drones

• UgCS EXPERT LiDAR toolset is currently only compatible with DJI M300, M350, M600, M2X0 (and other DJI) drones. Support for LiDAR toolset for other drones is coming soon!
• UgCS supports most popular UAV platforms including DJI M300, M350, M600, M2X0, Inspire, Phantom series, Mavic series.

Compatible LiDAR sensors

UgCS EXPERT is not restricted to any certain LiDAR sensors only. Most sensors can be used as long as they are carried by a supported drone.

However, we are officially supporting the following LiDAR sensors / manufacturers – DJI L1, L2, YellowScan, Phoenix LiDAR, RIEGL, LIDAR USA. GeoCue, Rock Robotics, GeoSun LIDAR, 3DT Scanfly, Topodrone, Balko Tech.

UgCS EXPERT perpetual license

• Buy once, own forever
• First year of support and updates is included
• Starting from the second year, an annual Support & Update pack needs to be purchased to get access to support and the latest updates.

Technical details

• Installs locally on your computer
• Compatible with Windows, macOS and Ubuntu 18.04
• Android app UgCS for DJI is used to connect to DJI drones