Image acquisition planning systems and methods used to generate information for structures of interest

A method, comprising:

• a. defining, by a computer or a user, a capture plan goal for an aerial imaging event, wherein the capture plan goal is configured to provide one or more defined information types about a structure of interest, and wherein the one or more defined information types are generated via aerial imaging of the structure of interest by an unmanned aerial vehicle configured with at least one image capture device;
• b. generating, by the computer or the user, a first capture plan configured to substantially complete the capture plan goal, wherein the first capture plan comprises instructions configured for operating of the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the instructions are associated with operating the unmanned aerial vehicle and navigating, by the computer or the user, the unmanned aerial vehicle to, around, and back from a location proximate to the structure of interest;
• c. acquiring, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, a plurality of images of the structure of interest in a first structure imaging event, wherein the images are acquired by the unmanned aerial vehicle during the first structure imaging event according to:
• i. vehicle operation instructions;
• ii. vehicle navigation instructions;
• and
• iii. image acquisition instructions;
• d. processing, by the computer, the plurality of acquired images to generate information types about the structure of interest, wherein the generated information types comprise at least some of the one or more defined information types about the structure of interest defined by the capture plan goal;
• e. generating a second capture plan for use in a second structure imaging event, wherein:
• i. the structure of interest imaged in the first structure imaging event and a structure of interest imaged in the second structure imaging event are the same or different;
• ii. an output of each of the first and second structure imaging events is a 3D reconstruction of the structure of interest imaged in the first or the second structure imaging event;
• and
• f. comparing each of a first 3D reconstruction generated from the first structure imaging event and a second 3D reconstruction generated from the second structure imaging event with information associated with an associated real-life structure, thereby providing information associated with the first and second 3D reconstructions.