Hey folks, what are people charging farmers for work these days? For multispectral or even just ortho mapping, are you charging by the acre, hour or a day? If so how much? Thank you. I like the idea of some consistency throughout the industry.
Hey folks, what are people charging farmers for work these days? For multispectral or even just ortho mapping, are you charging by the acre, hour or a day? If so how much? Thank you. I like the idea of some consistency throughout the industry.
I like the idea of some consistency throughout the industry.
@BigAl07 Not sure what the policies of the forum are but....be careful talking about pricing. (be vague)
Once upon a time....there was a very popular photography forum. On it were ALOT Professional Photographers. One day a thread popped up about pricing, sessions, etc. Many photographers joined in sharing their prices and it tended to go toward everyone agreeing to certain minimums....
Then a certain federal agency got wind of this, and came down very hard on this popular forum for Price Fixing. It was a mess, and a very serious issue that almost resulted in the loss of the forum and many photographers in hot water. Stern warnings were issued, threads deleted and a raised eyebrow from Uncle Sam.
So....
Not a good path to go down. I like the idea too, but after the scare on the photo forum... just FYI. Probably best to take any details to PM's.
Thank you, the response was exactly what I was looking for. In doing calculations of different acre per hour mapping based even on just altitude for example, I quickly realized that pricing by acre would not work out. Pricing by the job based on parameters similar to what you used as an example is exactly the approach that makes sense to me. I asked the question originally because of seeing so much over time about people charging by the acre. I cannot see how that makes sense.
We charge a flat $150/hr for mapping and $200/hr for photography, videography and inspections.Hey folks, what are people charging farmers for work these days? For multispectral or even just ortho mapping, are you charging by the acre, hour or a day? If so how much? Thank you. I like the idea of some consistency throughout the industry.
Hello Chasco, by "mapping" I'm assuming you're talking about ortho? Can you tell me what drone(s) you fly and what you use for mission planning (DroneDeploy..etc) and for processing?We charge a flat $150/hr for mapping and $200/hr for photography, videography and inspections.
If you're doing the same work and producing the same product/data for each job you CAN price it per acre.
Drones are phantom 4 pro and M210. I quite like pix4D capture. I am hoping to find a good source for the big batteries that cruiser Roy has been introducing for the inspire one. I don’t see any reason besides flight time that I shouldn’t put my inspire one up as well. It is my favourite drone. I also like Drone Deploy so I really have no preference between the two. As far as processing goes, I have done a lot of work with pix4D and a limited amount with Drone Deploy. I’m also spending a lot of time learning how to take full advantage of web ODM and QGIS.Hello Chasco, by "mapping" I'm assuming you're talking about ortho? Can you tell me what drone(s) you fly and what you use for mission planning (DroneDeploy..etc) and for processing?
Just curious...thanks.
Side track... could you please point me in the direction of the Inspire 1 batteries?Drones are phantom 4 pro and M210. I quite like pix4D capture. I am hoping to find a good source for the big batteries that cruiser Roy has been introducing for the inspire one. I don’t see any reason besides flight time that I shouldn’t put my inspire one up as well. It is my favourite drone. I also like Drone Deploy so I really have no preference between the two. As far as processing goes, I have done a lot of work with pix4D and a limited amount with Drone Deploy. I’m also spending a lot of time learning how to take full advantage of web ODM and QGIS.
Side track... could you please point me in the direction of the Inspire 1 batteries?
That craft remains a great platform... new source of batteries would be helpful to have on file.
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Thanks Dave!
Ahhh that thread.. I had monitored it on & off.
I thought this might have been a different design.
At this stage, the direction I'd take would be the KopterMax.
Refreshed TB48, added Self Heaters and cycle count back to 1.
Currently not needing but wanted to know the options.
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We primarily map with the Yuneec H520E RTK but also use Phantom 4 Pro's sometimes on sites smaller than 30 acres. We use to do all of our mapping with the P4P's but they are mostly relegated to photos and videos now. The Yuneec has it's own flight software and we use DroneDeploy for mapping with the P4P's and Litchi for more complicated progress photo sessions and video flights. We do 99% of our photogrammetry processing in DroneDeploy.Hello Chasco, by "mapping" I'm assuming you're talking about ortho? Can you tell me what drone(s) you fly and what you use for mission planning (DroneDeploy..etc) and for processing?
Just curious...thanks.
Thanks for the reply....and Happy Thanksgiving!We primarily map with the Yuneec H520E RTK but also use Phantom 4 Pro's sometimes on sites smaller than 30 acres. We use to do all of our mapping with the P4P's but they are mostly relegated to photos and videos now. The Yuneec has it's own flight software and we use DroneDeploy for mapping with the P4P's and Litchi for more complicated progress photo sessions and video flights. We do 99% of our photogrammetry processing in DroneDeploy.
Once Upon a time there was a KING that wanted to tax everything. THE PEOPLE took that as a bunch of crap and threw a newly taxed item in a waterway! Then the KING (not getting the message) decided to take their defensive weapons! THE KING AND HIS COURT - LOST!@BigAl07 Not sure what the policies of the forum are but....be careful talking about pricing. (be vague)
Once upon a time....there was a very popular photography forum. On it were ALOT Professional Photographers. One day a thread popped up about pricing, sessions, etc. Many photographers joined in sharing their prices and it tended to go toward everyone agreeing to certain minimums....
Then a certain federal agency got wind of this, and came down very hard on this popular forum for Price Fixing. It was a mess, and a very serious issue that almost resulted in the loss of the forum and many photographers in hot water. Stern warnings were issued, threads deleted and a raised eyebrow from Uncle Sam.
So....
Not a good path to go down. I like the idea too, but after the scare on the photo forum... just FYI. Probably best to take any details to PM's.
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