Across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We plan flights around CAA airspace and local permissions. Travel is scheduled to minimise cost and weather risk; the Pilot in Command (PIC) makes the final on-site go/no-go decision.
Drone LiDAR for structure/terrain under canopy, RGB for high-res orthos, multispectral for vegetation indices (e.g., NDVI), and thermal for heat signals. We fuse these to deliver DSM, DTM, CHM, encroachment and condition metrics.
We run a full QA workflow: RTK base/rover, ground control/checkpoints, coverage/overlap, point-density and alignment checks, and report vertical accuracy (e.g., RMSE). Where possible, we validate with truth plots for height/stocking and bias calibration.
Concise PDF/DOCX report, GIS layers and a ready-to-open QGIS project. Typical rasters: DSM, DTM, CHM (GeoTIFF). Point clouds: LAS/LAZ. Vectors: Shapefile or GeoPackage. We include CRS and vertical datum in metadata.
You do. We provide a licence to use any derived analytics we create for your project. We keep secure backups for re-processing unless you ask us to delete them after delivery.
All pilots hold CAA GVC. We prepare RAMS, NOTAM/airspace checks, landowner permissions and insurance certificates. On site, the PIC retains authority for safe operations and weather calls.
We avoid strong wind, rain and low cloud; forestry sites are often sheltered but we plan conservative weather windows. If conditions shift, we reschedule remaining tasks at the earliest opportunity.
Small sites: typically a few working days from flight to report. Larger estates or multi-corridor jobs scale with area and requested analytics. We can stage early previews while LiDAR processing completes.
Pricing reflects flight time, permissions/planning, processing/QA and reporting. Corridor/utility work is day-rate plus deliverables; blocks/estates are scoped by hectares and outputs. We’ll quote a fixed scope before we fly.
We derive canopy height and structure from CHM and apply appropriate allometrics. Where available, truth plots calibrate/validate biomass and reduce bias. Repeat surveys track sequestration and change.
We produce DTM/DSM for access planning, detect vegetation encroachment and measure clearances to structures. Outputs are GIS-ready with maps and KPI summaries for contractors.
Sapling counts, survival and A/B/C grading, average bed heights and split-stem rates from LiDAR/RGB, delivered as clear tables and maps for batch actions.