Perry Victory and International Peace Memorial Taken by Drone

The NUSO and the National Park Service (NPS) Heritage Document Programs partnered in May 2024 to perform a UAS-based 3D scan of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial. 

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial was established to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812, and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Great Britian, Canada, and the United States.  The memorial rises 352 feet over Lake Erie and is situated 5 miles from the longest undefended border in the world (NPS).  The monument was constructed in 1913 and serves as the final resting place for six officers, three American and three British, who died in combat.

During this mission, NUSO utilized two different UAS to provide a full photogrammetric survey of the exterior of the monument. Data collection was first performed with a fully autonomous Skydio X10 UAS using 3D Scan to generate a digital twin of the monument, which was also the first time DOI utilized UAS 3D Scan for a historical structure. Six hours of flight time using the Skydio X10 provided 1.2 mm ground sample distance (GSD) stereo imagery of the exterior. The second UAS was mounted with a Sony A7R4 camera system and flown manually to capture stereo imagery to supplement the autonomous imagery collection.