Hello everyone,
I just came over here from the Phantom forum, as suggested by Big Al. Thanks Al for pointing me to the right place.
I am experienced with drones but mostly for personal pleasure. I do have my Part 107 and would like to see how I can use my drones more in a commercial aspect.
So now my questions. I will search through the posts as well to see what good information is there already. My apologies in advance if someone has asked these questions before.
One of my clients is an engineering firm. As part of their business they need to do roof surveys of large buildings like schools. I spoke to them and it seems they currently do all this work manually and it sometimes takes them up to 2 days of manual labor on the roof to get all the pictures and measurements they need. I would like to see how I can offer them drone services to do the same thing. It could save them the time and effort of doing it manually and perhaps make it safer for their personnel as well. I think the biggest selling point would be if the entire process can be made faster and/or cheaper overall.
Can you give me some insight into the process? A few questions I have to start. Sorry if it is a lot to ask.
I just came over here from the Phantom forum, as suggested by Big Al. Thanks Al for pointing me to the right place.
I am experienced with drones but mostly for personal pleasure. I do have my Part 107 and would like to see how I can use my drones more in a commercial aspect.
So now my questions. I will search through the posts as well to see what good information is there already. My apologies in advance if someone has asked these questions before.
One of my clients is an engineering firm. As part of their business they need to do roof surveys of large buildings like schools. I spoke to them and it seems they currently do all this work manually and it sometimes takes them up to 2 days of manual labor on the roof to get all the pictures and measurements they need. I would like to see how I can offer them drone services to do the same thing. It could save them the time and effort of doing it manually and perhaps make it safer for their personnel as well. I think the biggest selling point would be if the entire process can be made faster and/or cheaper overall.
Can you give me some insight into the process? A few questions I have to start. Sorry if it is a lot to ask.
- Do you find that the overall net cost can be cheaper than doing it manually?
- I assume that the process must be faster with a drone and the correct mapping software. Is that true?
- How do the online mapping services work? Do they do a good job? I feel it is a better way to get my toes wet rather than investing in dedicated software up front. Which ones have you had experience with and which would you recommend?
- What is the accuracy of a Phantom 4 Pro with these mapping services, without using RTK? Is it sufficient for engineering needs?
- What is the end product after the drone footage is processed? My customer's end result needs to be an AutoCAD drawing of the roof. How close do we get with mapping software?