Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Leveraging Drone Technology to provide value added services
Since the early 1990s, UAVs or drones, have operated on a limited basis in the national airspace. Until recently, UAVs mainly supported public operations, such as military or border security operations. Recently, the cost, function, and reliability of these devices has come to a place where it is now practical to consider drones as a viable tool for a wide range of disciplines. Parametrix has received an FAA Section 333 Exemption and uses drones to document preconstruction conditions, to document construction progress, and to gain perspective of hard to reach places like under bridges, above landfills, over waterways, and along cliffs.
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Benefits for Clients
- Improved field efficiency
- Quick project/product delivery
- Improved safety
- Valued added service
Deliverables
- High resolution aerial imagery
- 3D point cloud with aerial photography draped images
- DTM surfaces
- 3D video animations
- Asset management
- Construction volume calculations
- Clear zone analysis
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Applications
- Survey and mapping
- Environmental
- Construction monitoring
- Planning
- Structural inspection
Data Products Available
- Visible and color-infrared (CIR) orthoimagery
- Level I aerial imagery to support planimetric feature compilation
- LAS Point Clouds
- Raster/digital terrain models
- Raster/digital surface models
- Vector contour
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