Project description
Our golf club needs an experienced drone operator to produce a complete yardage mapping package and flyover survey of all eighteen holes before we reprint scorecards and update our course-management signage next season.
The first part of the job is precision yardage marker mapping: fly a survey-grade drone with an RTK or PPK-corrected GPS module over every hole and log exact coordinates for tee boxes, fairway 150/100/50-yard markers, sprinkler-head yardage plates, hazard edges, bunker faces and the front, centre and back of every green. Deliverables should include a corrected point file (KML/SHP/CSV) accurate to roughly a half metre, so our grounds crew can reset physical markers that have drifted over the years and our scorecard vendor can print genuinely accurate distances instead of the estimates we are using now.
The second part is a green contour and slope survey. We need high-resolution orthomosaic imagery plus a digital elevation model of each putting surface, captured with a nadir grid pattern flown low and slow enough to resolve subtle break and tier changes. This output feeds our course-management software and helps our superintendent plan aerification, topdressing and drainage work around the true contours rather than guesswork.
Third, we want a cinematic flyover video for each hole — a smooth tee-to-green flight path at a consistent altitude, usable both for the pro shop website and for player orientation kiosks. Please plan per-hole flight paths in advance, batch flights by proximity to minimise battery swaps, and schedule around morning tee times and irrigation cycles.
All flights must comply with local aviation authority rules for the class of drone used, including any required remote-pilot certification, line-of-sight operation, and airspace clearance if we are near an airport corridor — please confirm your certification and insurance before we finalise dates. We would like the yardage data and slope survey delivered within one week of the flights, and finished flyover videos within two weeks, with one round of revisions included. Please share examples of similar course-mapping or golf flyover projects, your equipment list, and your proposed schedule for an eighteen-hole course.
The first part of the job is precision yardage marker mapping: fly a survey-grade drone with an RTK or PPK-corrected GPS module over every hole and log exact coordinates for tee boxes, fairway 150/100/50-yard markers, sprinkler-head yardage plates, hazard edges, bunker faces and the front, centre and back of every green. Deliverables should include a corrected point file (KML/SHP/CSV) accurate to roughly a half metre, so our grounds crew can reset physical markers that have drifted over the years and our scorecard vendor can print genuinely accurate distances instead of the estimates we are using now.
The second part is a green contour and slope survey. We need high-resolution orthomosaic imagery plus a digital elevation model of each putting surface, captured with a nadir grid pattern flown low and slow enough to resolve subtle break and tier changes. This output feeds our course-management software and helps our superintendent plan aerification, topdressing and drainage work around the true contours rather than guesswork.
Third, we want a cinematic flyover video for each hole — a smooth tee-to-green flight path at a consistent altitude, usable both for the pro shop website and for player orientation kiosks. Please plan per-hole flight paths in advance, batch flights by proximity to minimise battery swaps, and schedule around morning tee times and irrigation cycles.
All flights must comply with local aviation authority rules for the class of drone used, including any required remote-pilot certification, line-of-sight operation, and airspace clearance if we are near an airport corridor — please confirm your certification and insurance before we finalise dates. We would like the yardage data and slope survey delivered within one week of the flights, and finished flyover videos within two weeks, with one round of revisions included. Please share examples of similar course-mapping or golf flyover projects, your equipment list, and your proposed schedule for an eighteen-hole course.
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