Our drone turnkey solutions – what you need to know.
At DC Geomatics, we offer commercial drone services as well as turnkey solutions, specific to your industry or operational needs. Turnkey solutions are drone applications that require an onsite operational footprint.
We offer our solutions on a retainer basis for full onsite management and oversight with drones permanently on standby, ready to be deployed within 30 minutes of request. Have a routine need for drone services in your organisation? This is the way to go!
When it comes to safety and compliance, we are licensed, insured, and approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), and we use only the most well-trained and accredited specialists for all our flight operations. In line with our stringent safety and compliance standards, we use specialised and accredited Health and Safety service providers and are Occupational Health and Safety compliant at all times.
OUR DRONE TURNKEY SOLUTIONS INCLUDE
1. AGRICULTURE
We can teach your team to fly purpose-built drones specific to this industry. Operating at fast speeds and an aerial vantage point, drones can cover hundreds of hectares of land, collecting diverse and detailed data, in a single flight. This will allow you to map large crop areas, identify problems, optimise outputs, maximise production, and estimate returns. Bringing a drone solution to bear on your agricultural projects is an accurate, comprehensive and cost-effective decision sure to have a positive impact on your organisation’s productivity and success.
2. SURVEILLANCE
Drones are an efficient and cost-effective surveillance tool as they are not limited to ground level, are able to cover large areas, enter difficult to access spaces, and are equipped with sensors that allow for detailed data collection. We can teach your team to operate surveillance drones with the aim of keeping your property and assets under safe observation as and when required.
3. MINING
Achieving a bird’s-eye-view of a mining site is a challenging task but drones are uniquely suited to the tasks of aerial mapping and scoping. Not only can they be equipped with the latest mapping (as well as tracking and reporting) technology, they bring with them a number of benefits, including reliable data collection and real-time reporting services, lower operational costs than traditional surveying methods, and quick, safe deployment, especially when surveying hazardous working conditions or over difficult terrain. Let us implement a drone solution for your mining operation and you’ll see the positive results almost immediately.
What kind of commercial drone service do you need... An onsite operational footprint for your industry? Take a look at our turnkey drone solutions. A once-off commercial drone service? Read more about our specific inspection and assessment surveys here. Or talk to us – with our experience and expertise, we can help develop a drone solution for your business.
Three unusual uses for a commercial drone services
At DCG, it’s simple – we love drones and all they can do. We particularly enjoy learning (and sharing our own experiences) about the capabilities of commercial drones as well as their greater potential to enhance business and industrial projects.
In today’s post, we wanted to show you just how diverse drone offerings can be by highlighting three unusual uses for a drone. If you operate a drone for commercial purposes (from event photography to land surveying), you probably already know that they are currently popular for so much more than military application. But did you know they could do the following?
UNUSUAL USES FOR A COMMERCIAL DRONE
1. DELIVERY JUST GOT A WHILE LOT EASIER
Next year, Amazon plans to use drone technology to deliver packages. From pizza to parcels, more and more commercial ventures are looking into how to use drones for direct delivery to their customers. Drones are fast, can fly high above congested crowds, are cost-effective and cost-efficient, and rarely miss the mark. While not currently legal, what’s not to like about using them as a reliable delivery system in the future?
2. TORNADO AND HURRICANE HUNTING IS NOW ON THE AGENDA
The middle of a major storm can be a dangerous place to be and storm chasing (for documentary and research purposes) can be a hazardous undertaking. Drones have the ability to enter a storm without risking the life of a human operator. In a bid to ensure greater hurricane surveillance, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Northrop Grumman collaborated on a 3 year, 30 million dollar project to use drones to survey storms as they build and grow. This is in the hope of building up prediction data and processes to save lives, resources, and costs in the long run. This then is not about storm fighting (though drones can make useful contributions to disaster management operations) as much as it is about being able to understand a storm without putting human life at risk to do so.
3. FARM LIFE CAN BE MONITORED AND SUPPORTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Drones are capable of traversing, monitoring, and reporting on large tracts of land. This makes them an ideal tool for agricultural applications such as farm land surveillance. From steep hillsides that need mapping and spraying to environmental impact assessments, drones have the technology and capabilities to accurately track, treat, and develop progress reports for large agricultural projects. When it comes to pesticide distribution and land use planning, drones can help by identifying which resources are needed and where, and delivering them there. At the end of the day, this is better for the environment and for a farmer's bottom line than more traditional, manual methods.
Want to implement the use of drones in your industry or learn how aerial mapping and surveying services can enhance your industrial operation? We can help! Browse our commercial services and turnkey drone surveying and mapping solutions, and let us know what your business needs when it comes to getting the best out of your drone.
How drone services are advancing the civil engineering industry.
With their advanced technology and superior surveying and scanning capabilities, drones are changing the operation and productivity levels of many industries across the country, including mining, oil and gas, agriculture, and harbour operations. And when it comes to civil engineering, they are definitely making their mark.
WAYS DRONE SERVICES CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK
1. A VIEW FROM ABOVE
Drones allow for extensive and accurate mapping of large tracts of land and tough-to-navigate terrain. With a drone, engineers can get detailed and textured aerial images and map out sites before they make the physical trip themselves. This allows for instant data and easier and more efficient logistics and planning. With a real-time approach, drone footage allows engineers, stakeholders, and site managers to prioritise tasks and create timelines for projects, all while sharing the relevant information across various platforms and (often remote) audiences.
2. SURVEYING LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Height, remote sensors, the ability to transmit data about specific sites, the GIS location function... all these elements make drones the perfect tool for surveying. The right technology in the right hands means drones are able to deliver a wide range of commercial surveying services including outlining property boundaries, area markers, surveying construction sites for placement of buildings, topographic and hydrographic maps, valuable stockpile data, and flood insurance maps.
3. SO MUCH SAFER
Fast, efficient, and removed from facing on-the-ground obstacles, without any toxic fumes than might harm the environment to boot, drones are a much safer and healthier alternative to using human resources to conduct safety and security inspections as well as mapping and surveying exercises through the entire development cycle.
Drones offer effective, efficient, and cost-effective processes, making them a valuable asset to any civil engineering project. Want to implement the use of drones in your industry? We can help you do that! Working with licensed and experienced drone operators, we offer a wide range of commercial and turnkey drone surveying and mapping services across Africa. Our aim? Offering our clients quality, cost-effective drone services tailored any commercial project.