Why Drones Should Be Added to Your Workflow or Services
Time and Efficiency
Drones are able to mobilize and cover a lot of ground very quickly. This allows data acquisition of a 15 acre property to be obtained in a 15-30 minute flight depending on the drone and other flight configurations.
Safety
As surveyors you know that there are times, sites, and instances where it is difficult to obtain information due to topography or other site characteristics. Drones are not effected by what is on the ground, with a few exceptions, so they will be able to collect the information all while keeping employees and consultants safe.
Great form of documentation or records
Even if you fly your drones at every survey location but do not process the data or use it, the flight missions will typically take hundreds of photos which will all be high resolution and can be referenced later. If a field crew does miss some important locations, it is then possible to process the images and to extract data without the need for a second visit.
Obtaining More information than may be needed
Most flights and mapping missions will result in point clouds in the millions. This is due to it being easy to generate a GSD (Ground Sampling Distance, or distance between points) of about a half an inch.
Cost Effective
When a property is above the 3-5 acre mark, it can cost about the same time to fly the drone and extract all of the needed information and prepare a work map as it will take a field crew to complete all required field locations. Properties in the 15 acre range and above the benefits of a drone survey really start to shine.
Now Offering Drone Lidar Services!!!
CT Aerial Drone Surveys is now offering Drone Lidar services to help assist obtaining topography in those tough to reach areas.