Drone surveying
Drone surveying
Utilise drones for your land surveying needs. Drones, or otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), offer dynamic solutions for anyone’s land and building surveying requirements. Qualified professionals can help perform tasks such as 3D-mapping, photogrammetry and topographic surveying. It is a time effective, cost effective and an accurate way to get the job done.
FAQs
Drone surveying is an aerial survey performed with a help of a drone. Drones can be used for mapping, photogrammetry and topographic surveying and they can cover larger areas with relative ease.
Land surveyors and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specialists utilise drone surveys in their work. Drone surveying can also be used to map out areas that are difficult to access or remote, as well as checking residential and commercial/industrial buildings for damage.
Drones collect data in a few different ways, such as video and photographs, but the most common way is using a Geographic Information System, which can interpret raw data and transform it into actionable information.
The cost of the drone survey depends of the size of the job and what kind of data you need the drone to capture. For example, a survey of a building’s roof is generally between £200 and £500, depending on the size of the building.
Yes, correctly handled by professionals, drones are perfectly safe. They are also a safer option for the surveyors themselves.