Stockpile Measurement in High Resolution

 

Thanks to the newly developed technology, drones are safely performing mapping and surveying projects in any kind of terrain, even in windy conditions. It is a surveying solution that can go anywhere. Drones are built for any industry type ranging from mining and aggregates, land and construction surveying, precision agriculture to forestry and environmental protection.

Overcoming Challenges

Accuracy is crucial when it comes to aerial surveys. The traditional stockpile surveys posed many challenges before the companies. In addition to that, hiring a human survey team costs or the investments towards buying expensive hardware has also been cut down with the advent of the drone technology. Ideally, every company should adapt this technology for the analysis of its stockpile. It is the latest standard of surveillance. This is the reason why, in the past decade thousands of companies around the world have started drones to generate accurate stockpile reports.

Advantages of Drone Mapping

• It needs a small space to take off or land.
• Best flying practices are followed to analyze stockpiles
• Stockpile measurement is done quickly and efficiently up to 1 hour per flight.
• No delays due to unfavorable weather conditions as it has a high wind resistance.
• Battery backup for the entire project.
• Autopilot controlled fully autonomous flights
• 100% accuracy in measurement and instant report generation.
• Cuts costs and improves safety on job sites

Accurate Inventory Count

Stockpile management is a critical requirement for many companies. Measuring a stockpile can be expensive, time consuming and unsafe for the workers. If a survey team is sent to a dangerous job site for hours to measure stockpiles, they may not return with an accurate data to conduct your business operations. Your survey team should rather spend time on the higher priority parts of the project. The same stockpile survey can be conducted from the safety of the ground with complete accuracy and data available in minutes of takeoff. Drone photography is widely being used and is also proving to be incredibly useful for stockpile measurement and surveys.

Accurate Volume Tracking

A company can track its site progress by comparing the stockpile measurements generated by an aerial survey. It is easier to decide how much material you need to add or remove for business by stockpile survey. Accurate measurements of up to 3 cm can be taken with the use of the photogrammetry feature of drones, to generate 3D visuals of your worksite. A variety of measurements can be performed on stockpile volumes by leveraging the drone visualization technology. Earthwork surveying and measuring stockpiles using drone technology has eased the workflow around the world and made it faster than before.

Drone Survey is primarily being used by the mining and aggregates industries to help them manage their stockpile inventory. Similarly, construction sites are being drone surveyed and the 3D maps generated are used to collect actionable data. Florida Aerial Survey is improving worksites stockpile measurement workflows and streamlining site analysis with their drone and photogrammetry services. Their drones can track any site progress safely and reliably.