Industries
Real Estate and Land Development
Drones play a critical part in assisting Brokers and Realtors by capturing aerial photos and videos of properties. This allows for a new, creative perspective of the listing, and provides more visual information at a reasonable cost. Viewing these photos and videos helps potential buyers see the full layout of the land, building or house and highlights features of the property.
Construction
In construction, drone site data can be used across a project's lifecycle to reduce risk and effectively manage more with less. Here are a few ways drones are being used in the construction industry:
Jobsite Reports and Progress Monitoring:
Using aerial imagery to track and. report daily progress to reduce claims and improve the accuracy of scope, schedule, and cost estimates.
- Volume Measurement:
Calculating cut-fill and liquids volumes to increase the accuracy and authority of measurable work reports: and accelerate surveys, project engineering, and management.
- Security and Monitoring:
Monitoring job sites with aerial surveys of equipment and materials to protect against loss of material and reduce claims.
- Marketing:
Using aerial imagery and video to showcase jobs and projects and giving an overview of the equipment and capabilities.
Insurance
Aerial data is being used in the insurance industry to optimize risk assessments and claims management. This includes:
- Roof and Building Inspections:
Obtaining detailed aerial footage and maps to accelerate inspections and improve quality assurance. Also helps protect against fraudulent claims.
- Crop and Field Damage:
Applying quantitive measurements to fire, hail, water, and wind damage to reduce assessment time, accelerate claims management, and reduce bias and fraud.
- Mapping:
Using a drones camera and mapping software, a high resolution 2D or 3D map can be created over an area that has been significantly damaged.
Agriculture
Today drones are being used to make smarter decisions about farm management. When paired with drone software, drones make it easier to count plants, measure plant height, monitor field performance and more. Here are a few ways that drones are being used in agriculture.
- Plant Counting and Yield Prediction:
Farmers can greatly improve the accuracy of yield forecasts and accelerate scouting, collecting and analyzing data by using drones to generate plant counts and forecast yield based on surveys of row based plants.
- Field Water Pooling:
Drones can help spot standing water in farmers fields, determine flood damage, and monitor permanent water features to improve the accuracy of insurance claims and yield forecasting.
- Stockpile Monitoring:
To improve the accuracy of materials, farmers are using drone technology to check stockpile volume of feed, fertilizer, and other agriculture products.
Energy
Drones are replacing traditional inspection techniques in the energy sector. Managers are using them to inspect the condition of key assets like power plants and pipelines, which in turn helps to reduce onsite safety risks by eliminating the need to use humans for dangerous tasks. here are a few examples of how drones are being used to transform the energy industry.
- Right of Way:
Drones and drone software are accelerating inspections and extending uptime by monitoring right of ways.
- Pipeline and Powerline Integrity:
Managers are reducing the risk of high consequence events by using drones to visually inspect pipelines and power lines, and geo-referencing them so they can be quickly found and corrected.
- 3D Assest Analysis:
Drones are increasing the accuracy of asset inventory and reducing climbs. Drones can extract antennas, plumes, rad center, top height, bottom height, width, height, surface area, azimuth, and down tilt measurements.
Sources:
Precision Hawk Guide