POWER GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Power Lines
- Detailed capture of infrastructure around areas of proposed road crossings
- Linear corridor mapping for proposed new line construction
- Mapping of selected areas for the diversion of existing lines
- Vegetation encroachment (UAVs are cost-effective for shorter linear runs)
- Line scanning for excess sag detection
- Scanning of existing or planned infrastructure/towers
- Hydro
- Monitoring of dams and related infrastructure
- Riverbank and power canal mapping
- Hydrologic modeling
- Scanning of penstocks for maintenance and/or upgrading
- Progress monitoring of new construction projects
- Dimensional scanning of existing structures and plants
MINERAL EXPLORATION
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Identification of key geological formations/features aiding in targeted exploration efforts
o Including low, medium, and high vegetation classification - if required
- Reduced costs associated with road construction and environmental conformity
- Environmental impact studies
MUNICIPAL PLANNING / WATER MANAGEMENT
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Localized flood plain mapping
- Shoreline / coastal erosion mapping
- Assessment of planned developments and the effect on increased river flows and resulting downstream effects on culverts, bridges, etc.
OIL & GAS
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Scanning of existing or planned infrastructure
- Progress monitoring of new construction projects
- Site surveys for future planning and placement of critical equipment
- Dimensional scanning of existing structures and plants
- Safe remote structural scanning
- Fast and effective iceberg modeling
CONSTRUCTION
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Planning of subdivisions and commercial developments
- Road and bridge construction
- Dimensional scanning of existing structures for updating as-built drawings
- Vegetation analysis and removal planning
- Site surveys for future planning and placement of major construction equipment
MINING
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Product stockpile volumetric calculations
- Site integrity and safety
- Change-Over-Time modeling
- Government regulated volume removal validation
- Projected mine life & expansion
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Scanning of existing or planned infrastructure/ towers
- Progress monitoring of new construction projects
- Dimensional scanning of existing structures and plants
- Tower scanning for structural conformity
ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Monitor and manage environmental change
- Identify, analyse, and manage disturbance and rehabilitation
- Survey damage, and plan future mitigation strategies, for:
- Natural environmental change
- Climate change impacts; and
- Natural disasters
ARCHEOLOGY
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Visualization of Landscapes in 3D bare earth models
- Ability to pierce through openings in forest canopy and other vegetation
- Affordable data acquisition
POLICING
Areas of particular benefit are:
- High accuracy & TOTAL scanning of roadway accidents (day and night)
- Crime scene scanning (exterior)
- Missing persons / forensic investigations
FORESTRY RESOURCES
Areas of particular benefit are:
- Identification of mature and profitable harvest areas via trunk size and canopy height
- Identification of stream buffer zones
- Wildlife management & Ecological Land Classification
- Cut-over surveys for stockpile collection status
- Inspection for environmental impact
- Reduced costs associated with road construction
- Wildfire management (fuel mapping)