Develop a web application that uses real-world drone imagery to create intelligent pad layouts for hydraulic fracturing operations. The app should enable operators to optimize equipment placement while maintaining safety zones and operational efficiency.
- Input: High-resolution drone imagery of completion pads
- Coordinate Transformation: Implement robust translation between image pixel coordinates and real-world GPS coordinates (lat/long)
- Georeferencing Methods: Support multiple approaches including:
- Ground control points (GCPs) marked in the field
- GPS metadata from drone imagery
- Manual calibration using known reference points
Required Equipment Types:
- Frac pumps (various horsepower ratings)
- Blenders and chemical additive units
- Sand storage and conveyor systems
- Data acquisition trailers
- Power generation units
- Support vehicles and crew areas
- Wireline equipment
Features:
- Drag-and-drop equipment placement interface
- Equipment-specific footprint dimensions
- Automatic orientation alignment options
- Collision detection between equipment
Customizable Zone Types:
- Safety exclusion zones (personnel restrictions)
- Equipment operational clearances
- High-pressure line routing corridors
- Emergency evacuation paths
- Environmental buffer zones (if applicable)
Zone Customization:
- Color-coded zone types
- Overlap detection and warnings
- GPS Coordinate Export: Generate precise lat/long coordinates for each equipment piece
- Change Detection: Compare planned vs. actual layouts using follow-up drone imagery
- Input: JPEG/TIFF drone imagery with GPS metadata, GeoTIFF format preferred
- Output: KML/KMZ files, CSV coordinate lists, PDF layout reports
- Image processing: <10 seconds for imagery
- Real-time coordinate translation during equipment placement
- Support for pad images up to 50MB
- This project will be a single-page web application built using Angular or React.
- Back-end services are not required but maybe used.
- Sample drone imagery of actual completion pads are available in the
drone_scansdirectory. Each example directory (e.g.,example-1) contains:actual: The actual layout of the pad once the equipment was moved to the job site.plan: The planned layout of the pad from an engineer for reference on how a job site is laid out.planning: The planning image for the pad well before the job starts.
- Equipment specification sheets (dimensions, clearance requirements)
- GPS coordinates for sample images
- Mentorship from completion engineers
- AI-powered optimal layout suggestions
- 3D visualization capabilities