Assessment of utility components using airborne remote sensing

An information processing system for detecting an abnormality on a utility infrastructure, the information processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• an inspection manager communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory that, when operating:
• selecting at least a first predefined flight path from a plurality of predefined flight paths based a location of utility infrastructure to be inspected;
• instructing a first aerial vehicle to traverse at least the first predefined flight path that has been selected;
• and
• using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing during the first aerial vehicle traversing at least the first predefined flight path, to create a first set of scan data in a 3D coordinate system of the utility infrastructure along with corresponding
• location coordinates and yaw, pitch, and roll of the first aerial vehicle;
• establishing a current basis of scan data of utility infrastructure for comparison by
• selecting a second predefined flight corresponding to the location of utility infrastructure to be inspected;
• instructing a second aerial vehicle to traverse at least the second predefined flight path that has been selected;
• and
• using Lidar remote sensing, during the second aerial vehicle traversing at least the second predefined flight path, to create a second set of scan data in a 3D coordinate system of the utility infrastructure along with corresponding location coordinates and yaw, pitch, and roll of the second aerial vehicle;
• comparing the first set of scan data with the second set of scan data by using georeferencing to prioritize identifying utility infrastructure based on settable metrics, critical theatres;
• identifying utility infrastructure with a highest priority using vectorization and elevational data;
• comparing the utility infrastructure with the highest priority that has been identified using vectorization and elevational data with the first set of scan data using georeferencing;
• and
• based on the comparing, presenting on a screen, a discrepancy between the first set of scan data and the second set of scan data corresponding to the utility infrastructure with the highest priority that has been identified, which exceeds a settable threshold.