Position Partners has signed an agreement to become the Australian distributors of Gatewing products, including the recently launched Gatewing X100 unmanned aerial vehicle.
Gatewing, headquartered in Belgium, recently launched its X100 UAV system to provide automated aerial photography and digital terrain mapping for a wide range of spatial and mapping applications, including mining, civil construction and environmental assessment.
The Gatewing X100 is referred to as an unmanned aerial system (UAS), as it is more than just a vehicle. With a removable ’black box’ unit that includes the GPS navigation system and radio modem, and pre-programmed take-off, flight path and landings managed via a rugged hand held-field computer, the complete system allows for straightforward and highly automated flights, combined with the safety of manual fail-safe routines.
Its payload bay holds a high-capacity battery that allows for a 45-minute flight, as well as a professional 10 Mp digital camera.
Gatewing claims that the craft’s unique combination of carbon fibre frame, 1 m wingspan and propeller tail make the X100 the most portable, yet stable UAS, able to produce maps up to 5 cm in resolution, even in 60 km/h winds.
Images are processed via state-of-the-art digital image photogrammetry software for conversion to orthophotos or 3D digital terrain models and GIS or CAD files.
