Back when I first watched a land survey crew work a site, it felt like time moved in thick mud. Tripods. Tape measures. Guys standing around waiting for one person to finish a reading. It worked, sure, but it burned hours and money. Surveying Drones didn’t come along to be flashy toys. They showed up because the old way just wasn’t cutting it anymore. When you can send a small...

I get asked this a lot. People hear drone mapping and picture some hobbyist flying a toy over a backyard. That's not it. Drone mapping is the process of flying a drone over a piece of land, capturing hundreds (sometimes thousands) of overlapping photos, then stitching them together into something usable — orthomosaics, elevation models, 3D point clouds, the works. It's not a gimmick...