Modern high-tech drones or aerial
flying machines are equipped with so many useful and amazing features that a
person is left spellbound. They come with a mobile app or software application that
allows a user to easily control their various functions and also make use of
certain tools that make the overall experience more enjoyable, fruitful, and
productive. Depending on the main function these machines perform, specific
types have also been manufactured so that those who want them to achieve a
particular purpose can make use of them. The benefit of these drones is that
the person using it only has to learn a few specific functions to use them to his/her
advantage.
One such type of a drone is known as
a “mapping drone”. This drone is capable of providing you with real-time data
of the land where your business practices are being carried out in order to
inspect, analyze and execute. You can easily create two-dimensional maps using
a software interface that is designed to be user-friendly. It is also possible
to make 3D videos with waypoints on maps that tell a complete picture of what
is going on. You can fly through the map created by your drone using the
software in order to make certain business decisions.
What Does a Mapping Platform Offer?
A mapping drone along with its
software application offers a three-step process, which is fully automated to
achieve the objective of mapping conveniently. These steps are named as: plan,
fly and process. Using the platform you are able to choose the area that you
wish to map and the drone automatically calculates its flight path to cover
that area. There is a software program on board that captures just the right
photos and also attaches a tag with each photo stating exactly where it was
taken. Landing is also fully automated and the user doesn’t need to interfere
with the flight plan. However, he is able to press the Return-to-Land button when
he thinks the drone is mapping the wrong area or if it is not required to fly
again.
The drone comes equipped with a
post-processing software application that collects all the photos captured by
the drone and then creates high-resolution maps depending on how high the drone
was able to fly. There is an option of zooming in so that you can see clearly
everything from large aerial views to highly zoomed-in small objects and
details. The flight plans can be saved in the computer so that you can repeat
them at a later time easily and without having to spend time on new flight
planning. All these are very powerful features and they are developed
especially for mapping drones designed for this purpose.
Benefits of Drone Aerial Mapping
The latest standard in drone
mapping, 3DR offers a horde of attractive features that make their applications
even more well-defined. The benefits include;
·
Accurate resolution
– Extra high resolution of automatically created maps allows the users to zoom in
to minute details in order to clearly see what’s going on
·
Auto-pilot – Image
acquisition is achieved through auto-pilot, which means the flight is fully
autonomous and the drone is able to make intelligent decisions based on the
flight plan
·
Automated workflow
– The drone is not just able to take-off and land on its own, it is also able
to capture images, tag them and then post-process the data collected to create
meaningful results
·
Desktop
processing – Not all drones come equipped with advanced desktop processing that
allows the user to communicate with the drone using a software interface
·
Low-flying
capability – A mapping drone is capable of flying very low to capture
high-resolution and crisp images of the land that it maps
·
Increased
reliability – The outcome of a mapping drone can be fully trusted based on
highly accurate results with high endurance and remarkable coverage area
·
Inexpensive and
robust – The same features can also be realized using any other high-tech drone
with a high-resolution camera, but mapping drones are especially designed for
this purpose and therefore they are incredibly cheap and very robust and
long-lasting
·
Protective
cover – Most mapping drones come with a protective hard case because of their
sensitive job nature
The software program that comes with
these drones is loaded with advanced flight planning and image processing
tools. These tools are capable of taking in a large number of photos to combine
them into very accurate 2D maps with geo-referencing. These tools are so easy
to use that even a beginner is able to benefit from them without any trouble.
There is no training or prior experience required to use the application for
the purpose of mapping. The aerial maps have one more characteristic and it is
known as “visual-spectrum”. An expert photogrammetrist would be able to tell
you what this attribute actually means.
Extra Features List
Most mapping drones have an improved
battery life so that they are able to offer maximum coverage area. You don’t
have to worry about calculating flight time and then see how much area will be
covered in that time. The drone does all the calculations on its own and allows
you to specify only that area, which will actually be covered in a specific
flight plan. These drones offer up to 40 minutes of flight time and in this
timeframe they are able to cover up to 250 acres of land. Imagine their speed
and accuracy of operation in such a long time.
A mapping drone is available for
anywhere between $5,000 to $100,000 depending on the number of features it
provides and the quality of its mapping results. This price is not much if we
consider all the long-term benefits of such a machine especially for companies
that require aerial maps on a regular basis to receive updated information
about the land. If you are ready to spend money on a drone for your company
that would prove to be very useful and robust, consider investing in a mapping
drone to benefit from all the above-mentioned advantages and even more!
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