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UAV INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

Utilities and engineering

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Engineers and utility service teams choose drones as useful tools in various aspects of their work, be it for inspections, creating digital twins, or other planning and monitoring applications. The accuracy of drone data applies to many engineering applications, as does the widespread usability of the data outputs.

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What are the benefits of drones in engineering?

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What are the applications of drones in engineering?

Feasability Assessment
Feasibility assessment

Fixed-wing drones can be used to capture accurate project and site conditions to determine a project’s feasibility, assist in cost estimations, and to plan and visualize work and logistics before a project starts.

Surveying Mapping
Survey and mapping

Reduce time and costs to regularly map and survey infrastructure to a high spatial accuracy without downtime or interruption to other site work.

Land Management
As-builts and digital twins

Capture and visualize infrastructure as it occurs in the real world. Work with up-to-date data for virtual design and planning, and avoid costly errors and reworks caused by out-of-date designs and information.

Monitor Progress
Monitoring progress

Stay on top of projects with accurate and up-to-date data to assess project schedules, track work progress, and adjust schedules as needed.

Reporting
Reporting

Generate volume and cut-and-fill reports, calculate costs based on area, and report progress quickly.

Infrastructure Inspections
Infrastructure inspections

Map and inspect road surfaces, power lines, water bodies, and more. Use this to inform and plan maintenance, and for compliance reporting.

Environmental Compliance
Environmental compliance

Capture accurate conditions prior to project commencement, monitor and mitigate environmental harm, restore damaged environments to their original state. Monitor and proof compliance throughout engineering works.

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Coordination and presentation

Visualize projects for clients, investors, and other stakeholders, and enhance collaboration and coordination once a project starts.

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What types of drone data outputs can you expect?

Orthomosaic map

A geospatially accurate and detailed 2D representation of a site. Accurate orthomosaic maps help agronomists monitor fields and extract other insights.

Digital Surface Model (DSM)

DSMs accurately depict elevation and are useful in water management and soil monitoring applications. In bare-Earth projects the DSM can also be used as a digital elevation model (DEM).

3D mesh map

A three-dimensional texture (mesh) map with X, Y, Z data can be used for cluster analyses or to characterize crop sizes.

Point clouds

Point cloud maps comprise millions of individual points featuring X, Y, Z geospatial coordinates, and can be used in volume and cut-and-fill measurements, or distance and area calculations, which can be used in costing and other planning.

Contour lines

Topographic maps take X and Y coordinates from the aerial drone data to generate precise contour intervals.

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What software do you need?

eMotion Software

eMotion software is a leading drone softwarWhat software do you need? e solution for flight planning, geotagging and photo stitching. From here the imagery can be exported for further processing in Pix4D and other software.

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Measure Ground Control

Measure Ground Control software can be used to plan flights, manage drone fleets, and for mapping and data analyses.

PIX 4D Fields

PIX4Dmapper and Pix4Dmatic photogrammetry software is a popular solution for accurate infrastructure mapping and analyses at scale.

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Relevant Resources