Drone Surveying - Topo Maps
Texas Drone Company provides timely and accurate aerial survey services for all of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. While we are not professional surveyors (we don’t delineate property boundaries) we certainly utilize survey grade equipment to collect and deliver accurate maps, contours, and point clouds to save you time and money.
Preliminary topographic maps provide a wealth of information very quickly. Why wait on a traditional survey firm to slowly crawl your property when you can have survey-grade topographic maps and CAD drawings within days.
Drone Topographic Service
Our experience in the mining, construction, and engineering industries means that we can deliver the results you need.
Topo Maps
Stock Pile Volumes
Cut/Fill Maps
Stockpiles
Drones are quickly replacing antiquated methods of keeping track of your inventory. txDroneCo services industry leaders in their inventory counts and provides an aerial view of the site month after month.
Cut/Fill Maps
When working on a new site or existing, your team needs to know how much fill to bring in or take out. Maybe you need to accurately measure a surface over time. Our ability to fly the same mission again and again provides you with reliable and accurate data faster than ever.
Drone Topo Maps
txDroneCo can provide contour lines based on photogrammetry from drones. Why hire an expensive surveyor to know what kind of terrain you're dealing with? With a quick flight and our industry-leading processing, txDroneco delivers relevant contour lines and topo-view.
Topographic Mapping
Our topographic mapping services are designed to provide you with comprehensive and highly accurate topographic data for your survey and engineering projects. Using state-of-the-art drone technology, we capture detailed elevation information, contours, and land features. Here's why our topographic mapping services stand out:
Precision: Our drones are equipped with advanced LiDAR and photogrammetry sensors to ensure precise elevation data collection. We also utilize survey grade GNSS receivers to collect precise GPS data that we use for the processing of our drone data.
Efficiency: With our drones, we can cover large areas quickly and efficiently, reducing project timelines and costs compared to traditional survey methods. We can cover up to 500 acres per day.
Customization: We tailor our topographic maps to your project's specific needs, whether it's for land development, environmental assessments, or infrastructure planning.
Stockpile Reports
Accurate stockpile measurement is essential for industries like construction, mining, and agriculture. Our drone-based stockpile reports provide you with detailed volume calculations and inventory management solutions. Here's why you should choose our stockpile reporting services:
Accuracy: We use cutting-edge drones paired with specialized software to calculate stockpile volumes with unparalleled accuracy, helping you optimize your resource management.
Cost-Effective: Traditional stockpile measurement methods are labor-intensive and time-consuming. Our drone-based approach saves you both time and money. Our in house reports are there within 2 business days.
Frequency: Regular stockpile reports allow you to track inventory changes over time, enabling better decision-making and reducing the risk of costly errors.
Cut-Fill Maps
Cut-fill maps are crucial for earthwork projects, ensuring that excavations and fill operations are executed according to design specifications. Our drone-generated cut-fill maps offer the following advantages:
Progress Data: Monitor progress and deviations from the design plan in with accurate data, enabling swift adjustments to keep your project on track.
Cost Control: Avoid over-excavation or under-filling, which can lead to increased costs. Our cut-fill maps help you manage resources efficiently.
Site Safety: Minimize risks associated with earthmoving operations by staying informed about site conditions and potential hazards.
Our Clients
Setting Ground Control
Utilizing a Trimble R8s GNSS receiver and a TSC3 data collector, we set pins and aerial targets that are view-able from as high as 400'. Our drones then capture imagery and the points are identified in software thus "tying down" the ortho-map we generate to the surface of the earth. Most sites only require 4-8 GCPs for accurate mapping.
This highly accurate point-cloud can be manipulated in a variety of software platforms allowing your entire team to see the site as it currently is. With the use of multiple flights at each site over time, your surfaces are compared for precise changes and site progress.
When should drones be used?
Texas Drone Company can provide timely and accurate aerial elevations when your project needs to get off the ground. While drones are able to capture data-rich point clouds with extreme density, surveyors and engineers alike simply don't need the large data-sets found in a typical point cloud. We can deliver CAD-compatible topographic data that you can immediately be brought into your software for break-line analysis and more.
Contours
TIN
CSV
txDroneCo can provide contour lines based on photogrammetry from drones. Why hire an expensive surveyor to know what kind of terrain you're dealing with? With a quick flight and our industry-leading processing, txDroneCo delivers relevant contour lines and topo-view.
*txDroneCo is not a licensed surveyor in the state of Texas. We don't make any claims as to the definite boundaries of property.