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A drone survey is the use of a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), to collect aerial data with downward-facing sensors such as RGB or multispectral cameras and LIDAR payloads.
There are three types of surveying drones: Fixed Wing Drones, Single Rotor Drones, and Multi-Rotor Drones – VTOL Helicopter UAVs.
Drone surveys can be completed in less time than other surveying methods because drones can cover large areas of land in a short amount of time. Drone surveys can typically produce high-quality photographs and video recordings in a couple of hours.
Drones are quickly becoming a valuable asset in the mapping and surveying industries. By flying above the ground, they can perform 3D mapping, land surveys, photogrammetry, and topographic surveying with greater efficiency.
The Global Surveying drone Market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.
The Ordnance Survey will launch a mapping drone. Organisational mapping The Ordnance Survey intends to launch a solar-powered drone to capture better images of the Earth.
Its Astigan craft will fly higher than commercial jetliners at 67,000 feet (20,400 metres), and it will be able to circle the Earth for 90 days before needing to land. It will collect images and data for use by businesses and organisations. It intends to conduct “fully operational high-altitude tests” with the craft.
Ordnance Survey owns 51% of Bridgwater, Somerset-based Astigan. It is based in the same factory as Facebook’s Aquila internet drone project.
The space became available after Facebook scrapped its drone plans, and the company claims that there is no other connection between the two drone projects.
According to the BBC, the existing mapping satellites orbiting the Earth are incapable of providing sufficient high resolution detail for its maps. Its Astigan drone is a high-altitude clone of a satellite. Instead of circumnavigating the globe, it will be piloted from the ground and used to map large areas of interest.
Their current mapping capabilities are driven by two initiatives, “One is taking photos for their revision programme using fixed-wing aircraft. Then they have field surveyors on the ground, backed up by data from local authorities and the land registry.
The Astigan project allows them to use aircraft, but much faster and at a much lower cost.” The cameras on the Astigan craft will be similar to those found on mapping aircraft. According to the Ordnance Survey, it would be impossible to identify people in the images.
