⚡ PHOTOGRAMMETRY PROCESSING LAB // FIRST DATASET REVIEW FREE

You Fly The Drone.
We Crunch The Data.

Fast, reliable drone map & 3D processing for Part 107 pilots, real estate media teams, and aerial operators. Send your raw aerial photos and receive clear orthomosaics, elevation models, and CAD outputs — without buying high-end GPU processing workstations.

STEP 1: FAST-TRACK INTAKE No credit card or payment needed to review
100% Free Scope Check • 12–24hr Turnaround • 30-Day Auto Purge
Have project details ready?
Commercial drone flying over a site at dusk
12–24hr
Starter Target Turnaround
100%
Data Privacy & 30-Day Purge
10+ Yrs
NDT & Technical Inspection Rigor
100% Free
Free Intake & Scope Review
Frictionless Processing Pipeline

How Our Processing Lab Works

Designed specifically for commercial Part 107 pilots, real estate media creators, and aerial operators who need rapid, reliable map generation without computing bottlenecks.

01

Upload & Validate

Paste your Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, WeTransfer, or S3/R2 bucket link — and optionally run an instant client-side EXIF geotag check.

02

Project Spec

Select your State Plane / UTM coordinate system (default EPSG:32156 WY East), NAVD88 vertical datum, GCP configuration, and target CAD/GIS deliverables.

03

Schedule Free Review

Book an optional 15-minute MST scope review slot with Kelton Hawkes — or skip scheduling to receive your free feasibility summary via email within 2 hours.

04

GPU Processing & Delivery

Our RTX node runs WebODM + RealityCapture with 12–24hr turnaround, 30-day auto-purge, and optional white-label client portal delivery.

Verified Field Deliverables

Tangible Proof. Survey-Grade Precision.

See the real difference between raw, distorted aerial frames and our georeferenced, color-balanced 2D orthomosaics, CAD contours, and interactive 3D textured mesh models.

INTERACTIVE COMPARISON 2D PHOTOGRAMMETRY PIPELINE

Raw Perspective Frame vs. Survey-Grade Orthomosaic & Contours

Drag the interactive slider below to compare a single unstitched nadir drone photo against our distortion-corrected, georeferenced GeoTIFF orthomosaic with 1-foot topographic contour vectors.

Stitched 2D Orthomosaic Deliverable with Contours
AFTER: Georeferenced Orthomosaic & Contours (GeoTIFF / DXF)
Raw Uncorrected Drone Photo Frame
BEFORE: Raw Drone Photo (Perspective Distortion & Vignette)
INTERACTIVE 3D VIEWER TOPOGRAPHIC DIGITAL TWIN

Interactive 3D Textured Mesh & Elevation Surface Embed

Click and drag inside the interactive viewport to rotate, pitch, and inspect our densified 3D terrain surface and quarry elevation reconstruction.

SAMPLE 3D MODEL // REALITYCAPTURE & WEBODM ENGINE
Vertices: 842,400 Triangles: 1,684,800 Elevation: ±3.2cm
Drag to rotate in 3D • Scroll to zoom

Reconstruction Specifications

Generated from 420 nadir and orbital 45° photos flown over a 65-acre site at 350ft AGL.

PRODUCTION DELIVERABLE SAMPLES SURVEY GIS & CAD READY

Real Sample Deliverables (GeoTIFF, DSM, DXF, LAS)

Inspect actual production outputs processed in our laboratory. High-resolution orthomosaics with contour overlays ready for immediate import into AutoCAD Civil 3D, QGIS, and ArcGIS.

QGIS WORKSTATION VIEW QGIS desktop screenshot showing drone orthomosaic and 1-foot topographic contour vectors
EPSG:32156 NAD83 Wyoming East Scale 1:1,000 • 1ft Contours

2D GeoTIFF Orthomosaic & 1-Foot DXF Contours

Full project orthomosaic loaded directly in QGIS alongside 1-foot index and intermediate CAD contours. Perfectly orthorectified and georeferenced to state plane coordinates with zero edge distortion.

Ground Sampling (GSD) 1.2 cm / pixel (Sub-Inch)
Vector Layer 1ft DXF & SHP Contours
Coordinate System NAD83 State Plane / UTM
Software Import AutoCAD, Civil 3D, QGIS
.TIF (GeoTIFF) .DXF (CAD Contours) .KMZ (Google Earth) .TFW (Worldfile)
DSM ELEVATION HEATMAP Scientific Digital Surface Model false color elevation heatmap of quarry and excavation site
Hypsometric Elevation Ramp Range: 5,120' – 5,340' MSL

Digital Surface Model (DSM / DEM) & Volumetrics

32-bit floating point digital surface model featuring 3D hillshade shading and hypsometric elevation tinting. Enables precision cut/fill grade assessment, drainage analysis, and stockpile volumetric tracking.

Elevation Precision ±3.2 cm Vertical Absolute
Volumetric Accuracy Stockpile Cut/Fill Report
Vertical Datum NAVD88 Geoid18 (US Ft)
Surface Resolution 0.1m / pixel DSM Grid
.TIF (32-bit DEM) .LAS (Classified Point Cloud) .PDF (Cut/Fill Volumetrics) .XYZ (Grid Mesh)
AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D WORKSTATION VIEW AutoCAD Civil 3D workstation screenshot showing drone 3D contour DXF import and instant TIN surface mesh
CLICK TO WATCH 10-SECOND WORKFLOW
Contours_1ft_NAD83.dxf
DROP INTO MODEL SPACE
Z: 5,140.00'
Z: 5,215.50'
Z: 5,310.00'
TRUE 3D POLYLINES • 0 FLAT LINES
Toolspace // Prospector
Surfaces
Surface-Ground-Existing
Definition → Contours [Add...]
TIN SURFACE BUILT: 0 CROSSING ERRORS • 4,892 FACETS
Zero Line Cleaning Required Command: DXFIN "Contours_1ft_NAD83.dxf" • Drag & drop into model space
CIVIL ENGINEERING & EARTHWORK PRODUCTION DELIVERABLE

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Import — 3D Polyline Contours & Instant TIN Mesh

Stop wasting billable survey hours cleaning broken polylines or converting flat 2D contours. Our photogrammetry pipeline exports true 3D elevation contours (Z-values baked into every vertex) that drop directly into AutoCAD Civil 3D, Carlson, and MicroStation with zero crossing errors. Build your TIN surface and calculate stockpile volumes in seconds.

Entity Format Native 3D Polylines (True Z)
Surface Mesh Build Instant TIN (Zero Crossing Errors)
Contour Intervals 1ft Minor / 5ft Major (Customizable)
CAD Compatibility Civil 3D, Carlson, MicroStation, QGIS
10-SECOND CAD IMPORT WORKFLOW DEMO 0:00 / 0:10
AutoCAD Civil 3D Command Console // Active Session STEP 1/4 • 0:00
Command: DXFIN "Contours_1ft_NAD83.dxf"_
Dragging & dropping 3D contour DXF straight into AutoCAD model space at project origin (0,0,0)...
0:10
0:00 • STEP 1
Drop .DXF into Model Space

Drag your processed contour .DXF file straight into AutoCAD Civil 3D model space or execute DXFIN. Matches project coordinate origin with zero shift.

0:03 • STEP 2
Contours Snap with True Z-Elevation

Contours load instantly as native 3D polylines. Every vertex contains true elevation coordinates — eliminating tedious 2D elevation tagging and vertex flattening.

0:07 • STEP 3
Toolspace → Surfaces → Add Contours

Right-click your Civil 3D Surface definition in Prospector: Surfaces → Contours → Add. Set weeding/supplementing parameters and select the contour layer.

0:10 • STEP 4
3D TIN Surface Meshes (0 Errors)

Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) surface meshes automatically with 0 contour crossing errors and 0 missing vertices. Ready for instant volume grading!

Quick-Import CAD Command Snippets (Civil Engineers & Dirt Contractors) Click to copy command directly into AutoCAD / Civil 3D prompt
Direct DXF Import Opens the raw contour vectors
DXFIN
Attach as Reference Insert drawing at 0,0,0 coordinate
INSERT
Generate TIN Surface Builds surface from 3D polylines
_SURFACEADDCONTOURS
.DXF (3D Polylines) AutoCAD Civil 3D TIN Carlson Survey Bentley InRoads 0 Errors Certified
TECHNICAL BENCHMARKS & USE CASES

Proven Field Benchmarks & Processing Workflows

Rigorous photogrammetry processing metrics, turnaround data, and engineering deliverable workflows for commercial drone operators.

USE CASE 01 // MEDIA & ACREAGE Next-Morning

Commercial Real Estate & Acreage Listings

Commercial drone media pilots flying 3 to 5 ranch and development listings weekly offload raw drone imagery before dinner. Precision Drone Ops delivers high-resolution GeoTIFF orthomosaics, web-optimized Google Earth KMZ files, and unbranded client download portals the next morning—allowing operators to invoice immediately without burning local GPU processing hours.

White-Label Agency Delivery

Zero PDO Branding • Direct Client Turnkey
White-Label Delivery GeoTIFF Orthomosaic KMZ Google Earth
USE CASE 02 // CIVIL & EARTHWORK CAD Ready

1-Foot Topo Contours & Civil Grading

Civil engineering and site grading contractors require clean surface models and index contours that drop cleanly into AutoCAD Civil 3D without manual line cleaning or coordinate shifts. Precision Drone Ops verifies GCP control point coordinates, applies adaptive surface smoothing, and extracts layered DXF contours and hydro-flattened DTMs aligned precisely to regional State Plane coordinates.

AutoCAD Civil 3D Compatible

NAVD88 Geoid18 • Zero Coordinate Drift
1ft / 2ft DXF Contours DSM / DTM Elevation State Plane EPSG
USE CASE 03 // QUARRIES & MINING Volumetrics

Quarry Stockpiles & Cut/Fill Auditing

Eliminate the expense of dedicated high-spec dual-GPU photogrammetry rigs and hazardous ground surveying on active pit slopes. Drone pilots fly routine stockpile routes, paste the raw folder link into our lab, and receive dense LAS classified point clouds, cut/fill volumetric calculation summaries, and NDT-rigor QA reports ready for weekly materials and inventory reconciliation.

Volumetric QA Verification

Dense Point Clouds • Toe-Line Base Plane
Stockpile Volumetrics Classified LAS Cloud Cut/Fill PDF Report
Scope & Service Alignment

Is Precision Drone Ops The Right Fit For You?

We deliver fast, reliable data outputs for commercial pilots and media creators. Here is where we excel and where our service boundaries lie.

We Are The Best Fit For:

  • Part 107 Commercial Pilots needing overflow processing capacity, white-label delivery, or fast turnaround.
  • Real Estate Media Teams capturing acreage listings, land developments, site overviews, and listing maps.
  • Construction & Roof Operators needing regular visual orthomosaic progress maps and roof inspection overviews.
  • Earthwork & Stockpile Checks requiring cut/fill volume calculations and contour visualizers.
  • White-Label Delivery Option: Deliver deliverables under your agency brand for your direct clients.

We Are NOT A Fit For:

  • Licensed Boundary or Legal Land Surveys: We supply technical dataset outputs for spatial visualization, not stamped legal property surveys.
  • Real-Time Live Streaming: We focus on high-fidelity post-flight photogrammetry reconstruction, not live video transmission.
  • Poorly Acquired Imagery: Photos with insufficient flight overlap (<60%), severe motion blur, or missing camera EXIF data.
Transparent Turnaround Rates

Photogrammetry Processing Tiers

Indicative flat-rate packages for qualifying datasets. Final scope, feasibility, turnaround, and payment are confirmed after intake review.

Starter Dataset

An easy first purchase for real estate acreage, land listings, and small visual site overviews.

$ 99 / dataset
48-Hour Target Turnaround
  • Up to 250 raw photos (~25 acres)
  • High-resolution 2D Orthomosaic (GeoTIFF)
  • Web-shareable 4K JPG Overview
  • Standard GPS EXIF georeferencing
  • Processing Quality Summary
  • White-label client delivery option
Select Starter ($99)

Enterprise 3D & Volume

For large site corridors, quarry stockpile volumetrics, and dense point cloud reconstructions.

$ 349 / dataset
Priority 24-Hour Target
  • Up to 2,500 raw photos
  • Dense 3D Point Cloud (LAS/LAZ)
  • Stockpile Cut/Fill Volume Calculations
  • High-Resolution Orthomosaic + Contours
  • GIS Shapefile & GeoPackage Exports
  • Accuracy Verification Summary Sheet
  • White-Label Client Delivery (Your logo)
Select Enterprise ($349)
✓ 30-Day Auto-Purge | ✓ NDA Available | ✓ White-Label Client Portal | ✓ NAD83 WY State Plane / EPSG:32156 | ✓ NAVD88 Geoid18
Interactive Ground Console

Deliverable Data Visualizer

Toggle between processing layer outputs on this interactive flight console simulation to evaluate our deliverable fidelity.

SAMPLE ARCHIVE SAMPLE TELEMETRY // 2D ORTHO LAYER
SAMPLE MISSION EXIF LOG
COORDS: LAT: 42.8501° N | LON: 106.3252° W
ALTITUDE: 120m AGL (Casper, WY)
GIMBAL: PITCH: -90° (NADIR)
BATTERY: 78%
Sample Flight Metadata: Overlay demonstrates raw telemetry (GPS coordinates, altitude AGL, gimbal nadir angle) extracted directly from image EXIF headers during photogrammetric reconstruction. This is an archived mission replay, not an active in-flight stream.

Orthophoto Deliverable

High-resolution drone camera imagery stitched into georeferenced GeoTIFF map tiles ready to drop directly into Civil 3D, ArcGIS, QGIS, or AutoCAD.

Ground Sampling Distance (GSD)
Varies by flight altitude & camera
Coordinate Projection
State Plane / UTM WGS84

Digital Surface Model (DSM)

Surface elevation mapping generated from densified point cloud triangulation. Visualizes relative terrain height, site drainage, and structural profiles.

Elevation Outputs
GeoTIFF DEM, Hillshade, XYZ
Contour Export
DXF / SHP (1ft, 2ft, 5ft)

3D Dense Point Clouds & Mesh

Generated by photogrammetric triangulation. Delivers high-density point clouds for contour generation, topographic elevation mapping, and digital twin models.

Point Density
450+ points / m²
Output Formats
LAS, LAZ, OBJ, DXF
10+ Years Industrial Inspection & NDT Experience

Founded on Technical Quality Control & Data Rigor

Precision Drone Ops was established by an industry specialist with over a decade of experience in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and industrial inspection. We apply that same rigorous standard of procedure, systematic quality control, and strict data confidentiality to every drone mapping dataset we process.

Dedicated Processing Nodes

Multi-threaded RTX GPU processing workstations running WebODM and RealityCapture engines for rapid bundle adjustments and dense point cloud generation.

30-Day Automated File Purge

Your uploaded datasets remain 100% your property. Raw flight photos and project files are automatically purged from our local storage 30 days after final delivery.

NDA & White-Label Delivery

We execute mutual NDAs upon request for confidential job sites. All map outputs can be delivered white-labeled with your agency branding for your direct clients.

PILOT FIELD ASSETS & SOPS $14 – $47 Instant Downloads

Commercial Pilot Toolkits & Operational Blueprints

We moved our commercial pilot study resources, SOP field safety checklists, and B2B mapping client contracts into a dedicated standalone pilot hub. Explore detailed module syllabi, sample airspace matrices, and legal disclaimer previews — keeping our main lab 100% focused on photogrammetry turnaround.

Part 107 Exam Mastery & Airspace Cheat Sheet ($19)
Commercial Pre-Flight & Safety SOP Bundle ($14)
Drone Mapping Proposal & Client Contract Pack ($29)
Complete Operations Bundle + 100-Photo Practice Dataset ($47)
DEDICATED PILOT STORE

$14 – $47

Instant electronic download + Venmo / Email checkout

Open Dedicated Toolkits Hub
Field-tested in Wyoming high plains conditions
PILOT COORDINATION INQUIRIES

Need an FAA Part 107 Pilot to Fly Your Site?

Need a flight crew? Submit an inquiry and we will confirm availability, credentials, insurance, location coverage, scope, and pricing before accepting the assignment.

Request Flight Dispatch
Fast-Track Ingestion // Intake v2

Submit Dataset for Free Scope Check

Validate your Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or S3/R2 link, run an optional client-side EXIF geotag check, configure your coordinate datum, and optionally book a 15-minute MST scope review.

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STEP 01

Upload & Validate

Auto-Link & EXIF Verification
Tier reference only: Starter $99 (≤250 photos) | Pro $229 (≤900) | Enterprise $349 (≤2500) — $0 to Scope Check
EXIF Quick Check (Optional — Client-Side JS)

Select 1 sample flight JPG to verify RTK/GPS coordinates, AGL altitude, and sensor tags locally in your browser:

STEP 02

Project Spec

ⓘ Overlap Req: 75% Front / 65% Side Min
Enter survey acreage to estimate GeoTIFF + DSM + LAS deliverable size.
✓ DJI Mavic 3E RTK ✓ Mavic 3 Pro ✓ Phantom 4 RTK ✓ Matrice 350 RTK + P1 ✓ Air 2S / Air 3 ✓ Autel EVO II RTK ✓ WingtraOne Gen II
STEP 03

100% Free Scope Check - 15 min

Times in MST (Casper, WY)

Select an optional 15-minute MST slot over the next 3 days to review your dataset live with Kelton Hawkes:

STEP 04

Review & Submit Scope Check

100% FREE • $0 Due Today
Pre-Processing Quality Audit: Overlap Verification • GSD Resolution Check • RTK Tag Health
Zero payment required today. Scope report delivered within 2–12 hours. High-throughput GPU processing (WebODM + RealityCapture) ready upon approval.
✓ 10+ Yrs NDT & Technical Inspection Rigor ✓ 100% Data Privacy (30-Day Auto Purge) ✓ White-Label Client Portal

Frequently Asked Intake Questions

Q: What overlap do you need?
A: 75% front, 65% side minimum (80%/70% recommended for dense vegetation or steep terrain). Datasets with <60% overlap will be flagged during the free scope check before you pay a dime.
Q: Do you support RTK?
A: Yes, RTK and PPK camera positions are natively supported, and we align surveyed Ground Control Points (GCPs) if a CSV is provided.
Q: How fast is turnaround?
A: 12–24hr target turnaround on standard datasets, with a verified sub-18hr benchmark on our 480-frame (120-acre) Natrona County subdivision project.
Q: What if my data is in AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, GCS, or Wasabi?
A: Use our /s3-intake guide to generate a 7-day presigned ZIP URL in seconds, or upload raw files up to 500 GB via our Direct R2 Upload Portal.
Q: Do you offer White-Label delivery?
A: Yes! Check "White-Label Delivery" in Step 02 to deliver orthomosaics, 3D models, and CAD contours under your agency brand and logo.

Built On Professional Engines, Not Black Boxes

Our RTX workstation node runs WebODM + RealityCapture — same engines survey firms use for bundle adjustment and dense cloud generation. No monthly SaaS lock-in for you.

See Full Lab Gear List → See Sample Deliverables →
⚡ FAST-TRACK INTAKE // 100% FREE REVIEW

Start Free Dataset Intake Review

Drop your flight parameters below. Kelton Hawkes will review your raw flight photos, verify overlap and GSD resolution, and send a feasibility summary within 12–24 hours — zero payment or commitment required.

FREE SCOPE CHECK — $0 12–24hr Turnaround • Casper, WY
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