Drone mapping blog: practical guides for survey, construction and farm teams
Field-tested explanations of how drone mapping works, how to plan flights, and how to turn the results into numbers a client can trust.
Latest guides
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DroneDeploy pricing: plans, image limits and what a survey team pays per month
Published plan prices, per-map image caps, which features sit on quoted plans, and a worked example for a 3-person crew. Read the article -
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Calculating stockpile volumes with a drone: a practical field guide
Base planes, toe lines, flight settings and how to produce a month-end inventory report you can defend. Read the article -
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Photogrammetry vs lidar for drone surveys: how to choose the right sensor
What each method measures, where each one wins, and how to choose for vegetation, hard surfaces and budget. Read the article -
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Drone GCP guide: ground control points for drone mapping, placed and measured right
How many ground control points to set, where to place them, and why checkpoints matter as much as control. Read the article -
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Drone survey cost: what goes into a job and how to price it
The cost components of a drone survey and a simple method to price a job for your own business. Read the article -
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Drone mapping overlap: how to set front and side overlap
How overlap affects orthomosaics and 3D models, and the settings to start from for different sites. Read the article -
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Drone mapping accuracy: what limits it and how to prove it
Relative and absolute accuracy, ground sampling distance, RTK, PPK and ground control, explained in plain terms. Read the article
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