Aerial Imagery
Need higher resolution imagery than standard satellite or plane-based orthophotography can provide? FluidState can help.
Drone Imagery:
Our Unmanned Aerial System (UAS, or drone) can capture extremely high resolution aerial imagery. Think less than 1.0 inches per pixel - that’s really high definition. With this, you can pick out small details, changes in landuse, impervious cover that you couldn’t see previously or that had been mis-identified in other imagery, and create highly accurate measurements of construction site progress or building evolution over time.
Standard Imagery:
Widely available from a variety of sources like Bing, Google, Open Street Map, and other local sources like the Vermont Center for Geographic Information, this imagery is great for coarse analysis of landuse, impervious cover determination for larger areas, or other ‘planning’ level efforts. But for fine-scale design, progress tracking, or permit compliance efforts, there are better products out there.
FluidState’s Drone Imagery:
Drone Imagery:
This image was captured in August, 2019 and has a resolution of 0.8” / pixel - enough to capture the most minute of details. The flight, of which this is only one small part, captured nearly 4 acres in 15 minutes - all of which is geo-referenced and measurable in GIS or CAD.
Google Maps Imagery:
Google Imagery:
Google imagery is generally much coarser than anything FluidState’s drone can capture - and the vintage is generally unknown. This makes it unsuitable for sites that have undergone recent change and may lead to inaccurate measurements.
Vermont Center for Geographic Information Imagery:
VCGI Imagery:
While generally of higher resolution than Google, not all of VCGI’s imagery is created equal - some is better than others. With FluidState’s drone captured imagery you can be assured that you have the most up-to-date, accurate, high-resolution imagery possible for every site.