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Drone-Powered Lighting Assessment for Sports Venues

Checking that a sports venue’s lighting performs as designed usually means hundreds of manual measurements across the field, slow and error-prone. Octavio L. Perez, PhD, describes an automated alternative: drones with light sensors, RTK/NTRIP GPS and an attitude reference system for exact positioning, and GIS to plan the flight path and geolocate every reading. The system measures and reports faster and more accurately than human operators, and allows near real-time adjustments of outdoor sports lighting.

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Drone-Powered Lighting Assessment for Sports Venues

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Drone-Powered Lighting Assessment for Sports Venues

1st, August 2025 · 17 min

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This episode explores an innovative application of drone technology for assessing lighting in sports venues, a significant advance over traditional, error-prone manual methods. Professional lighting inspection and assessment are crucial for ensuring that a lighting design’s performance matches its intent — a process that typically involves extensive manual measurements across sports fields.

The proposed automated solution uses drones equipped with advanced sensors, precise GPS (RTK and NTRIP) with AHRS for accurate positioning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to autonomously define flight paths and collect detailed, geolocated lighting data. The system promises faster, more accurate measurements and reporting, enabling near real-time adjustments and overcoming the limitations of human operators in outdoor sports lighting assessment.

Author: Octavio L. Perez, PhD — octavio.perez@light.health

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