Services
Aerial mapping.
A nadir photogrammetry pass over the whole site, processed into an orthomosaic, a surface model, and a point cloud you can take working measurements from.
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How it runs
Flown in a grid, processed into data.
A mapping pass is not the same flight as a progress visit. It is a slower grid at a consistent altitude with heavy overlap, because that is what the processing needs.
01 / ON SITE
The grid
An automated nadir grid at fixed altitude with 75 percent forward and 70 percent side overlap. Where the deliverable has to hold dimensions, we pick ground control off the project survey first.
02 / PROCESSING
Photogrammetry
Images are aligned into a dense cloud, a surface model, and a single stitched orthomosaic in the local coordinate system your civil team already works in.
03 / DELIVERY
In your format
GeoTIFF for the GIS team, KMZ for Google Earth, LAS for the point cloud, and a browser link for everyone who just needs to look at it.
Deliverables
What you can do with it.
The whole site, to scale
One flat, current image of the site with real dimensions behind it.
- Orthomosaic aligned to the parcel
- Overlay against the civil plan to see what moved
- Distances and areas taken straight off the image
- Reflown as often as the earthwork changes
Surface and volume
Elevation data for the decisions that happen before vertical work starts.
- Surface model for cut and fill planning
- Stockpile volumes between two dates
- Drainage and erosion control on record
- Point cloud and textured 3D mesh
Straight answer
This is mapping, not surveying.
Aerial photogrammetry produces excellent documentation and very good working measurements. It is not a boundary survey and we will not present it as one.
- Flown on drone GPS alone, absolute accuracy lands within a few feet. That is right for overlays, planning, volumes, and progress.
- Tied to ground control picked off your survey, it tightens considerably. We do this whenever the deliverable implies dimensions.
- Anything that has to be sealed goes to a licensed surveyor. We hand them the imagery and stay out of the way.
- We tell you which of the three you are getting before the flight, not after.
Next step
Tell us about the site.
Send the address, the phase, and how often you want it flown. We come back with a scope and a price within 24 hours.