As industries begin to harness and leverage drones across various assets, property management and repair for facilities & parking lots has emerged as a growing use case with real world application.
DroneBase has flown tens of thousands of surveys which has resulted in cost savings for our customers and partners. What used to take days to walk large parking lots taking images of every inch, now takes a few hours from a drone without impacting day to day operations of a shopping center, distribution center, or industrial building. The imagery that is collected can then be processed and analyzed manually or via machine learning to identify cracks, depressions, and areas in need of repair.
The goal of Parking Lot Missions is to map high acreage sites at a low altitude to determine if a site's pavement needs to be repaved. This is accomplished by flying a low-altitude and high-overlap orthomosaic. Due to the size and scope of these missions, it is important to follow the below instructions for a safe and successful mission.
Please make sure altitude, front/side overlap, and gimbal angle are set accordingly based on missions specifications. Flight speed also needs to be set.
We have split this process up into 3 sections. Our Pre, During, and Post Flight Checklist is necessary for pilots to have a safe and successful mission.
In the next blog post, we'll feature Pilot Paul Kassner, who has done dozens of parking lot missions for us. This Pilot Spotlight will have more tips and insights from a fellow DroneBase Pilot...stay tuned!