Survey-grade drone LiDAR, on site within one week. Nationwide.

Topographic data for the sites that are slow, wooded, or risky to walk. We capture drone LiDAR with FAA Part 107 licensed, insured pilots, process it into a clean, classified point cloud you can drop straight into your workflow, and we move fast. For most projects we are on site within one week of your notice, anywhere in the country. You get a real date and a point of contact, not a ticket in a queue.

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  • RTK / PPK

    Accuracy

  • Licensed Pilots

    FAA Part 107, insured

  • Within One Week

    On site after your notice

  • Nationwide

    Coverage

  • Classified Point Cloud

    Cleaned and ready to use

WHY TEAMS PICK US

On site within a week. You're on a schedule, not in a queue.

Civil engineers tell us the same thing: they sometimes wait weeks for survey data, with no firm date, while the whole project sits on it. That will never happen with us.

We work the other way. When you sign, we commit to getting on your site within one week, and you get a real date and a person who owns the job from quote to delivery. Two weeks is the survey standard. One week is the difference, and it is the whole point when the data is the thing holding up the project.

DRONE MAPPING

Mapped and modeled from above

Standard aerial photography, stitched into a measurable orthomosaic and 3D model of your site — built for open, cleared, or already-graded ground, and available from the same flight day as LiDAR when a project needs both.

LiDAR or drone mapping — which fits your site?

Both come off the same flight day. Which one you actually need comes down to what's covering the ground.

Drone LiDAR Drone Mapping
Ground visibility Sees through canopy to bare earth Needs a clear view of the ground
Best for Wooded, rough, or hard-access terrain Open, cleared, or already-graded sites
Capture method Laser pulses, classified point returns Overlapping aerial photos, stitched
Typical deliverable Classified point cloud, bare-earth DEM Orthomosaic, 3D model, volumetrics
Not sure which you need? Send us the site and what you're trying to get out of it — we'll tell you which one fits, or if the job calls for both.

THE SWEET SPOT

Built for the sites that are hard to walk

Drone LiDAR earns its keep on ground that is slow, dangerous, or expensive to survey on foot. The clearest win is wooded or hard-access terrain, roughly 20 to 30 acres and up, where a ground crew would spend days fighting brush and line of sight.

LiDAR pulses find the ground through tree and vegetation cover, so you get a real bare-earth surface where photogrammetry alone cannot see. You cover the acreage in a single flight instead of a week of field work, nobody is climbing slopes or crossing active ground. The bigger and rougher the site, the more it saves you in time and field effort. For tight, open, building-scale work our terrestrial 3D scanning is still the better tool. For large, vegetated, or awkward sites, this is the one.

How it compares to a traditional ground survey

Drone LiDAR Traditional ground survey
Large wooded / rough sites Hours in the air, one mobilization Days of field crew, slow going
Seeing through vegetation Ground points through tree cover Limited by line of sight
Safety Crew stays clear of slopes and hazards People on foot across rough terrain
Point density Millions of measured points Spot shots at chosen locations
Efficiency at scale More efficient as the site grows Slower and harder as the site grows
Best for 20 to 30+ wooded or hard-access acres Small, open, or high-precision boundary work

What We Deliver

Standard deliverables

  • ✓Cleaned, classified point cloud, ready to use
  • ✓LAS / LAZ point cloud files
  • ✓Orthomosaic (high-resolution top-down image)
  • ✓DEM (bare-earth digital elevation model)
  • ✓3D model of the site
  • ✓Free ground-level photos, included as a value-add

THE COMBO

LiDAR, mapping, and photography in the same trip

We are not a single-trick LiDAR shop. While we are capturing your site we can also deliver drone mapping (orthomosaics and measurable site maps) and high-resolution photo and video. That means one mobilization can hand you the terrain data, the measurable map, and clean marketing or documentation imagery, instead of scheduling separate vendors. A lot of LiDAR shops do LiDAR and nothing else. We bring more than that.

WHO WE WORK WITH

The data civil and survey teams actually build on

Civil Engineers Land Surveyors Developers Excavation & Earthwork Municipalities & Road Commissions Utilities Environmental Mining & Aggregate Solar & Wind

We provide the survey-grade data and topographic support. We work alongside your licensed surveyor or engineer, who owns the stamped deliverable. If you need a hand finding the right fit for a project, just ask.

How Our Process Works

1

Scope & quote

Send the site location and roughly what you need. We custom quote on acreage, terrain, and deliverables.

2

We mobilize fast

Once you sign, we commit to getting on your site within one week, with a real date and a point of contact.

3

We fly it

An FAA Part 107 licensed, insured pilot flies the mission with RTK / PPK, plus ground-level photos on site.

4

Process & classify

We clean and classify the cloud and build LAS, orthomosaic, DEM, and a 3D model.

5

Deliver

You get the cleaned point cloud and products in the formats your team works in, ready for CAD.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, that is its main advantage over photo-based mapping. LiDAR sends out pulses that find gaps in the canopy and return points off the bare ground underneath. We classify those ground returns into a true bare-earth surface, which is exactly what you cannot get from photogrammetry on a wooded site.

  • We fly RTK / PPK and can tie to ground control when a project needs it. [Insert your real accuracy figure.] For work that demands tighter tolerances we will set control and tell you the accuracy the data will hold, rather than quoting a number we cannot stand behind.

  • Within one week of your notice for most projects. You get a real date and a point of contact, not a ticket in a backlog.

  • A cleaned, classified point cloud, LAS files, an orthomosaic, a DEM, and a 3D model, plus free ground-level photos of the site. We match the formats and surface products to what your engineer or surveyor works in.

  • No. We provide survey-grade data and topographic support that your licensed surveyor or engineer builds on and stamps. Think of us as the capture and data side, working alongside your team.

  • The sweet spot is larger, wooded, or hard-to-access sites, roughly 20 to 30 acres and up, where walking it would be slow, risky, or expensive. For small, open, building-scale work, our terrestrial 3D scanning is usually the better fit, and we will tell you which one your project needs.

  • Nationwide. We mobilize crews fast across the country, so location is not the limiter, the schedule is what we compete on. We are headquartered in Southwest Michigan.

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