In critical post-fire surveying, having an effective drone program offers several key benefits: reducing survey turnaround time, providing high-resolution imagery to accompany surveys, and minimizing crew exposure to hazards. All of this leads to reconstruction happening faster, cheaper, and safer.

The survey party chief is the engineer’s on-the-scene reporter. They will spend a half-day to a month surveying a tract of land and gathering information to be used in the planning process.

For surveyors, the “unexpected” in the field is not usually welcome. Surprises lead to challenges to resolve, time delays and, often, increased costs.

Present-day Keg Island exists in the Mississippi River where the river flows between the states of Iowa and Illinois. It is over a mile long, maybe a quarter of a mile wide at its widest point, consisting of about 128 acres – and it is uninhabited.

The history of Tuck Mapping Solutions and LiDAR began in the 1990’s with our firm flying a LiDAR system for Airborne Laser Mapping.

How do you develop a strategy to repair and maintain something that you can’t see or access?

Data is exploding and there is no end in sight. This phenomenon is creating quite a challenge for businesses of all types, especially those who need to gain insights from the vast quantities of geospatial data being created by new, advanced high-resolution imaging technologies.

Recently, my apprentice asked me "How close is close enough?" That question has many answers, which depend on the specific object we are locating and why it is being located.

Making sure that a drone is providing as much benefit as possible is crucial as surveyors nationwide face the critical need to do more work faster to keep up with demand.