During and after the construction UAV measurements have been performed at the Rostock Test dike by the University of Rostock’s department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics. UAV means unmanned aerial vehicle (sometimes also called drone). Here, both a quad and octocopter system have been used to monitor the construction progress and to actually measure 3D deformation of the dike surface.

Now, a podcast has been produced about this geodetic project, which can be viewed here (only in German):