Just a few years ago, drones were available almost exclusively for the use of law enforcement and the military. Today, corporations and private citizens are purchasing the aircraft for all kinds of purposes. One field that sees the advantages of this technology and is using it to advantage is surveying. Drone photography Plantation FL cartographers utilize is consistently more reliable and accurate than anything ground crews can offer.

The truth is that mapping based on drone photography as opposed to GPS equipment and others just makes sense. Owing to lower maintenance costs, faster deployment times and different types of installable cameras, drones are quicker, easier and less expensive to use.

They are also quicker and safer to use as opposed to collecting data via satellites, manned aircraft and road crews. Regardless of the type of mapping needed or the application, drone photography is better suited for the job.

Not everyone is convinced drones are well suited for surveying. Some believe the technology is not advanced enough to map land using coordinates or markers. Actually piloted drones can pinpoint locations using several types of control points. Drones can actually receive data from the ground while in flight. They have the capability of taking infrared and color photos.

Drones can take pictures that allow surveyors to draw complicated metes and bounds surveys for property owners. Owners use the surveys to market land to developers for residential and commercial purposes. Architects use the surveys along with the photos to decide where and how to build structures. Boundary lines are clearer from the air, making perimeter surveys fast and easy.

Regardless of the type of mapping needed, drone technology is ideally suited for the use. Whatever the infrastructure need might be, and whatever the drone being used, it can quickly prove to be the best friend a property manager can have.