About the service
I provide a complete mobile drone survey service tailored to developers and land planners who need accurate, GIS-ready data before cutting a single lot line. Working with a small multirotor platform and RTK-corrected positioning, I fly systematic grid patterns over raw acreage — parcels from a few acres to several hundred — capturing overlapping imagery with the front and side overlap ratios needed for reliable photogrammetric reconstruction. Back at the desk, that imagery is processed into a single stitched orthomosaic map, a dense point cloud, and a digital elevation model, then contoured at intervals developers actually use for grading and drainage studies. I extract breaklines along ridges, swales, and drainage channels so the contour data reflects real site behavior rather than smoothed guesses. Every deliverable is exported in the formats a civil engineer or surveyor's CAD and GIS software expects — georeferenced GeoTIFF orthomosaics, DXF/SHP contour and boundary layers, and point cloud exports — so the files drop straight into an existing subdivision workflow instead of requiring rework. I also mark visible existing boundary monuments, fence lines, and access points on the orthomosaic to help the planning team cross-check tentative lot divisions against real ground conditions before survey crews are sent out. Typical turnaround from flight day to final delivered package is under two weeks, with a quick preview orthomosaic sent within 48 hours of the flight so the team can start laying out tentative parcel lines while final processing finishes. I've built a portfolio of raw-land mapping projects ranging from small infill lots to large rural acreage slated for phased subdivision, and I size each flight plan — altitude, overlap, ground sample distance — to the accuracy the specific parceling decision needs, keeping cost proportional to the job rather than over-flying a simple site.
