Imagine investing thousands of dollars into drone flights, only to discover your drone survey maps are distorted, misaligned, or simply unusable for precision work. For many in construction and earthworks, this painful scenario happens more often than it should — and the…
Nearly 100 feet—that’s how far off the elevation calculations were between two contractors. The mistake? A simple misunderstanding of three critical terms: geoid, ellipsoidal, and orthometric heights. An earthworks client we worked with firmly believed the surveyors had made a massive mistake.…
As the construction industry evolves, the use of drones in construction is transforming how developers, contractors, civil engineers, and land managers document and monitor their projects. Traditional methods of tracking progress and gathering site data often fall short, leading to delays, inaccuracies,…