Strip Adjustment

The following information describes how to use the Strip Adjustment feature on the TrueView Workflow toolbar.

The Strip Adjustment feature is a module available LP360 Drone starting from v2023.2 and is only available within the TrueView workflow. This means that only Drone data processed in LP360 Drone can benefit from Strip Adjustment.

If you are looking for a method and context for Strip Adjustment, please review the article on Strip Adjustment - Method and Context.

If you are looking for information on how to process multiple flights in Strip Adjustment, please review the article on Strip Adjustment - Processing Multiple Flights.

The module can be found on the TrueView Workflow toolbar.

Sensors supported by Strip Adjustment are TrueView and Microdrones.

How to use Strip Adjustment

Before using the Strip Adjustment, make sure you have a good initial orientation of strips, this means a good calibration of the survey system should have been done. Then, proper boresight angles, lever arms, and potential latency should be known. It is advised to use the Strip Adjustment only when needed to improve the point cloud precision.

Pre-requisite Steps

Strip Adjustment must be used within the TrueView workflow. The tool can only be used after performing the following steps:

1. Import the cycle into LP360 Drone.

2. Process the trajectory using the POSPac wizard.

3. Flight lines generation. *Non-applicable for Microdrones sensors.

4. Create TrueView trajectories.

5. Perform LiDAR Geocoding.

How to perform Strip Adjustment

1. Open the Strip Adjustment module.

2. Select the flights to adjust.

3. Find in the Geocode filters. TIP: Use the same settings as the LiDAR Geocode.

4. Add a name to the new layer.

5. Press "Submit Strip Adjustment job".

6. Go to "Job manager".

7. Wait until the status changes to "Post-Process".

8. Press "Post-Process" to add the Strip Adjustment point cloud to your project.

Advanced Settings

Strip Adjustment default settings are well rounded and work well most of the time. However, the tool also allows advance users to optimize the settings for each flight.

1. Input Reference File.

2. Advanced Parameters, Tie Points Mode.

3. Advanced Parameters, Time Frame.

4. Reset.

Input Reference File

In the Input Reference File section, the user has the option to use some references for the adjustment. The reference is data that will not be adjusted, but will be used during the adjustment to fit the rest of the flight lines to it. One of the conditions to use reference files, is that the files need to overlap with the adjusted area.

The reference files can be:

• Reference cycle: one or more cycles can be used as reference.

• Reference LAS: one or more LAS files can be used as a reference.

Note that the cycle(s) selected in the input settings will not appear in the list.

3.2. Advanced Parameters

This is dedicated to advanced users, so non-advanced users should not modify this section. Changing these settings will change how Strip Adjustment results are generated and may also affect the processing time.

3.2.1. Tie Points Mode

To estimate the trajectory correction, only a portion of data is considered. The considered portion is constituted of points, which we refer to as Tie points. Tie points should be representative of enough of the trajectory errors. This is realized by subsampling the data. There are two implemented subsampling methods. This parameter enables to define the one used:

Uniform: Recommended mode. Tie points are uniformly distributed through the terrain. This option should be used for non-flat terrains. It is also recommended for high dynamic trajectory errors.

Normal: Tie points are equally distributed on each inch of the terrain with a different orientation. This option should be used for terrains with a predominant direction where the variation of the orientation is relatively small. It is also recommended for low dynamic trajectory errors.

3.2.2. Time Frame

Define the frequency of the estimated temporal correction of the trajectory. The smaller is this value, the higher the frequency of the correction. The higher the correction, more time consuming is the processing.

3.3. Reset

The reset button will reset all the Strip Adjustment parameters to the default ones.

If you are looking for the method and context for Strip Adjustment, please review the article on Strip Adjustment Method and Context

If you are looking for how to process multiple flights in Strip Adjustment, please review the article on Strip Adjustment Processing Multiple flights

If you are looking for information on Flight Planning - LiDAR, please review the article on Flight Planning - LiDAR.