How we do it
How the work is done, step by step
Each of these runs for about thirty seconds and shows one job from the flight to the deliverable. Switch between a simple explanation and a technical one, and turn the view to look around. Figures shown in them are examples.
Mapping and measurement
3 explainers
Mapping and terrain models
How drone photos become a 3D model and a map
Overlapping photos, tie points, a dense point cloud, a textured mesh and a true to scale orthomosaic.
Mapping and terrain models
How RTK and ground control pin a drone map to the ground
Satellites alone, RTK corrections, geotagged photos, then targets measured on the ground to lock and check the map.
Volumetric measurement
How we measure a stockpile
Capture, a 3D surface, a base set at the toe, the volume, then cut and fill against the next visit.
Lidar
3 explainers
Lidar capture
How lidar finds the ground under the trees
Laser pulses through the canopy, a point cloud, trees classified out, and bare earth with contours.
Powerline corridors
How lidar measures vegetation clearance on a powerline
One corridor scan, every point classified, a clearance envelope round each wire and every tree too close, measured.
Gravel pits and stockpiles
How we measure a gravel pit in one flight
Elevation and contours, every pile by material, and what was excavated since the last visit.
Thermal
2 explainers
Thermal imaging
Why thermal roof scans fly before dawn
Hidden wet insulation stays hidden at midday and shows clearly before sunrise.
Missing animal search
How a thermal drone search finds a missing pet
From the last seen spot, an expanding thermal search, every heat signature confirmed on the high resolution zoom camera, owner guided in.
Crops and progress
2 explainers
Multispectral mapping
How NDVI shows crop stress before you can see it
Near infrared light, the NDVI map, then problem zones and scout points for the field.
Progress documentation
How progress photos line up visit after visit
Saved capture positions flown every visit, so any two dates compare frame for frame.
Inspection
2 explainers
Asset inspection
How we inspect a tower facade
A fixed standoff, vertical lanes up each face and every finding tied to its floor and face.
Asset inspection
How we inspect a flare stack from a safe standoff
Outside the guy wires and the keep out zone, a climbing orbit, the tip on zoom and findings by height.
Roads and cemeteries
2 explainers
Municipal and public works
How we find cracks, ruts and ponding on a road
Two passes, a surface model for rutting, cracks traced by type and ponding risk, all by chainage.
Cemeteries and memorial grounds
How we map every headstone and link it to its record
On site RTK where there is no cell signal, low flights under the canopy and every stone tied to its record.
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