Geo Sense R&D UAV System

Geo Sense is using CropCam, a Canadian glider based UAV system for AirSense high resolution aerial mapping project. Cropcam UAV is installed with a stable miropilot chipset, an autonomous system and can only manage by Horizon (tm) a ground control software that does pre-flight planning and on flight navigation monitoring. The software will calculate the flight covering areas, altitudes and number of waypoint based images to be taken for required resolution. Cropcam and Horizon belong to an innovative 19 staffs Manitoba company, Micropilot. Micropilot is not like Boeing but they are couriering their products to 60 countries, and Geo Sense is one of cropcam proud owners, and also the first Malaysian private customer. Leagues of their own, Cropcam has made an impact to future of autonomous technology in aerospace industry. Geo Sense sees the opportunity in autonomous flight system beyond military utilization and we hope to extend our roles. As a small company we always have our own limitation when it come to R&D.
Last May 2009, I had an opportunity to visit few Taiwan aerospace players who are also involved in designing and producing UAV. One of Taiwanese aviation companies that I visited was Yoshine, the President of Yoshine is Mr Charlies, who lectured at Ohio University (Columbus) prior to setting up Yoshine in Taiwan. He asked me to look at all G8 countries, and their strength similarity, in order to reach a well developed nation a nation must established an aviation or aerospace industry as the values spin off from this industry is much higher and greater than others. We also learned history that for centuries East had conquered most of the world commercial shipping line but the West took over after they establishing and controlling the world airspace technology.
We are a new nation, in many instances, Malaysia has started with the right note, in Telecommunication, Biotechnology and Aerospace. We always want to prove to the world that we can (Malaysia Boleh) and we are the first. Which is good spirit for young country like us to send one or two heroes to the outer space. Yet not many know how far the values are created from our astronaut experimenting juggling balls in the space. We are lucky because we are relatively a rich country with a far sighted leadership, thus we invest world class facilities in an abundance. In UTM Automotive and Aviation Faculty for eg. we have the biggest wind tunnel system in South East Asia, the most technology parks in South East Asia, the advance here and there. But, can we produce the right value beyound Malaysia Boleh but to a real value that change the world or build a real impact to the inventor, company and nation.
One of the main agenda in Geo Sense is not just to provide services in aerial photo and remote sensing but also to design and produce our very own UAV system. We are working closely with UTM Aviation Faculty in various planning and designing stages, especially on endurance and airframe system. I personally see the need to have our microprocessor designing team and having our own flight autonomous system. Right now we do not have much choice, we can only rely on USA, Canada and European suppliers or producers. We are living in a risky and uncertainty world. When it come to money often time wiser friends keep reminding us, why need to re-invent the wheel, create applications, utilization. This kind of statement has been keeping us at consumer bay for years, we never try to search for reasons of things come to work. We never try to explore andd open the new possibility at it based. There come a time, when the producer will come together in term and restrict the distribution of this autonomous system in the name of security. Than there stop innovation at this side of the world, are we ready.

AirSense UAV system

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AirSense is a project in designing and developing glider based UAV system based on Ardupilot and Cularis Multiplex glider RC airframe. The autonomous UAV will be utilized in taking high resolution aerial images on selected areas within Iskandar Malaysia Development Region, a development corridor in South Johor, Malaysia. The images will be dislayed online on AirSense High Resolution Aerial Image platform http://airsense.geosense.info/as application showcase. UAV able to fly under the cloud and lowest to the ground providing the highest resolution up to 7 cm per pixel compare to satellite of 60 cm. Individual images taken from UAV are mosaic or stiched for bigger area and is useful for mapping planning and monitoring visualization.
Air Sense UAV system is also installed with video system that can provide live and recorded video monitoring. The technology is useful for small and targeted areas. Existing AirSense micro glider UAV can cover 0.5 km sq (240 acres) in 45 min flight time. Air Sense is also working with UTM in designing and developing Solar powered LALE (low altitute Long Endurance) UAV system, the R&D objective is to fly 24 hours endurance UAV, an ultimate survellience system and future telecomunication relay. Geo Sense is an MSC Status company, private company located in Cybercaya and Skudai, Johor Bahru. Geo Sense in a small way is promoting small aviation project within Iskandar Malaysia Economic Region. Geo Sense is getting used with VC rejections.

Aerial photos could track home projects County mulls deal with high-tech firm THE FLINT JOURNAL| March 20, 2005 By Marjory Raymer To learn more

	Aerial photos could track home projects County mulls deal with high-tech firm THE FLINT JOURNAL| March 20, 2005 By Marjory Raymer To learn more about Pictometry Visual Intelligence, check out the company's Web page at www.pictometry.com. Registered users also can see examples of detailed pictures and limits on photo resolution under the Frequently Asked Questions link. New technology soon could let government officials look right into your back yard to see your new deck - and then check whether you filed the proper permits. Genesee County officials are considering using Pictometry Visual Intelligence, a new, ultra-detailed data and aerial photograph system that can show a picture from up to 12 different angles and lets users combine the pictures with all sorts of material - even a tool to measure how big that deck is. "What we tell our customers is, with this system you can see everywhere, measure anything and plan everything that you want to plan," said Dante Pennacchia, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Pictometry International Corp. The program would allow firefighters to see how tall buildings are, SWAT teams to plan escape routes and 911 operators to see exactly where people in need are, Pennacchia said. The Pictometry system would cost an estimated $250,000, with Genesee County and local municipalities picking up the tab. But some taxpayers may not be thrilled by the Big Brother aspects of the system and the prospect of government peering too closely into their space. Pat McDougall, 53, of Flint, whose taxes keep going up because assessors find improvements to his property, said he doesn't like the idea. "I just personally think it's very intrusive," McDougall said. "What if your daughter is laying out in the back yard sunning herself?" Gregory Gibbs, chairman of the Greater Flint chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said courts have ruled that aerial photographs are not an invasion of privacy, but he worries how far government will push the technology. "The back yard - that is a special place. It's an extension of the home for a lot of people," Gibbs said. "From (the ACLU's) standpoint, we are very concerned about the use of technology that invades the privacy of the average citizen. We watch it very closely." Company and local officials said protecting personal privacy should not be a concern for residents. Only government entities are supposed to have access to the photos, and the pictures are taken only every two years, so it's not like the government can look and see what's happening in your back yard at any given moment, said Robert Carra, director of geographic information systems for the county, who is heading a committee considering the project. And, Pennacchia said, it's important to realize that the system's zoom capabilities are limited because the pictures become blurry squares called pixels under high magnification. Faces and license plates are never distinguishable using the software, Pennacchia said. "We've chosen just the right balance between privacy and being able to see things on buildings," he said. As for that deck scenario, though, it's real life. Craig Witmer, district manager for Pictometry out of Indianapolis, last week showed a group of township officials how the detailed images could show line striping on roads, home plate on baseball fields and backyard decks. As a first-time homeowner, Witmer said, he didn't realize he needed a permit for a deck on his house and got caught by county officials using his own software. Aerial photography including pictures of back yards across the county is nothing new. Genesee County, like most counties, has long used aerial photographs in planning offices. Traditionally, though, the photographs are taken looking straight down, which show outlines of buildings. Taken from a higher altitude, the photos also have less detail. Pictometry takes pictures at an angle from multiple cameras mounted on the bottoms of planes, and at two altitudes to give perspective. It also combines the pictures with other data so users can pick out addresses or coordinates, see property lines, calculate distances and areas and even measure the slope of hills. "This is something brand new for us and fairly new in the industry," said Bob Slattery, director of information systems and planning for the Genesee County Road Commission. "It's not just the newness that's cool about it. It's the uses." The federal government, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and 125 counties nationwide already use Pictometry, a 4-year-old system. Genesee County could be the first in Michigan to employ the system, although Jackson County also is considering it. Genesee County officials are still in the early stages of considering Pictometry. The earliest the system could go into effect is probably this fall, Carra said.