Inspection
Inspections provide critical visibility that streamlines success. However, they’re been an expensive investment in the past that many projects and asset owners couldn’t afford, until drone inspections made them affordable and efficient.
Power line inspection
Traditional method of power line inspection by helicopter is costly and suffers from many limitations due to its size and limited mobility.
Hard to reach places
Using drones to pull lead lines combines the benefits of the manual stringing of power lines to the benefits of using helicopters to do the job.
Drones with professional cameras can capture still images that rival world-class photography. They can reach unfounded angles, proximities and heights that were previously unachievable without spending impractical amounts of money on helicopter footage.
Quarries and mines
Using drones and photogrammetry in open pit mines and quarries allows for efficient and precise stockpiles management.
Terrain modeling
Digital elevation model, digital surface model and digital terrain model are easily generated with drones using either photogrammetry, LIDAR or both.
Infrastructures
Using aerial photogrammetry and LIDAR are becoming a must to plan urbanization development or engineering projects by providing precise 3D models of the existing infrastructures and terrain.
Photogrametry
Drone Division gathers accurate and reliable information about projects and physical objects so you can move forward with data-backed decisions and powerful insights.
Quarries and mines
Using drones and photogrammetry in open pit mines and quarries allows for efficient and precise stockpiles management.
Terrain modeling
Digital elevation model, digital surface model and digital terrain model are easily generated with drones using either photogrammetry, LIDAR or both.
Infrastructures
Using aerial photogrammetry and LIDAR are becoming a must to plan urbanization development or engineering projects by providing precise 3D models of the existing infrastructures and terrain.
SECURITY AND SAR
Drone capabilities are transforming the security and Search and Rescue (SAR) industry because of their efficiencies in monitoring and the coverage they can deliver.
Search and rescue
In life threatening conditions time is a critical factor. Because drones can be deployed in a matter of minutes by virtually anyone, they are an essential tool for SAR applications.
Disater and emergency
When a disaster occurs, it might be dangerous or simply impossible for humans to get close to the site to assess the situation.
Law enforcement
The drone can be mounted with multiple cameras for example one high resolution camera, a camera with a powerful zoom and a thermal camera or even a camera combining all these features with AI image processing.
Surveillance
Some drones can be fully automated meaning they come back and charge automatically before returning to their patrolling activities. Using AI they can even alert the owner in case of suspicious activity.
agriculture
Drones have many transformative capabilities for agricultural operations. Their capacity for aerial coverage performs many tasks involved in managing land more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Wildlife control
Fawns and some birds are living hidden in meadows and fields. Fawns stay hidden even when a danger approaches.
Crop health
In order to gather all these data, we use drones to take multispectral or hyperspectral pictures of your field.
Crop treatment
Aerial spraying using drone offers the best level of precision of all the spraying techniques.
Drone spraying
Drones can apply an aerial spraying operation in a precise pattern and quantity for an equal chemical treatment, cleaning or firefighting application in even the hardest to reach places.
Spraying chemicals
When one needs to spray chemicals in hard to reach places or following a specific pattern and quantity, drones are often the best solution.
Cleaning
Drones can be used to clean hard to reach places such as windows of tall towers, the steeple of a church, solar panels, gutters etc
Firefighting
Drones are very useful tools to gather informations quickly in case of emergencies such as uncontrolled fires (see disaster and emergency).
Ultra fast deliveries
In some cases, deliveries must be done in a matter of minutes. This is the case when an organ for transplant must be moved from one hospital to another.
Remote areas
Some islands have only a weekly boat shuttle to exchange goods with the rest of the world.
Life-saving
When somebody is in danger and inaccessible by conventional means, it can be a matter of life and death to be able to deliver what he needs.
Deliveries
Drones aren’t restricted by road infrastructure and have the freedom to fly over obstacles, making essential deliveries in the most efficient and fast paths.
The application for UAV in the commercial world is constantly evolving. As the technology continues to improve and become more specialised, there really aren’t many industries left in which there are no drone applications that improve the service. See More
Glossary - Helpful Acronyms and Abbreviations
AI – Artificial Intelligence
BVLOS – Beyond Visual Line Of Sight
C-UAV (or C-UAS) – Counter UAV (or Counter UAS
DEM – Digital Elevation Model
Drone – Popular term to mean any unmanned aerial vehicle
DSM – Digital Surface Model
DTM – Digital Terrain Model
FPV – First Person View
Galileo (Satellite Navigation) – European GNSS
GIS – Geographic Information System
GLONASS – Global Navigation Satellite System (Russian)
GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite System (General term)
GPS – Global Positioning System (American)
LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging
PPK – Post-Processed Kinematic
RTK – Real-Time Kinematic Positioning
SAR – Also Search and Rescue
UAS – Unmanned Aircraft System
UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
VLOS – Visual Line-of-Sight
VTOL – Vertical Take Off and Landing