Drone Mapping Software

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Overview Drone Mapping Software
By Technology Editor Last updated: October 20th, 2023

Software for Surveying with Drones

Drone mapping software allows unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to successfully execute missions during which aerial imagery and/or LiDAR data are captured for the purpose of creating 2D and 3D maps and models. Using drones for this purpose provides significant cost and time savings compared to using a manned aircraft or ground surveying techniques.

The software may be installed on a dedicated drone Ground Control Station (GCS), or on a standard device such as a laptop, tablet or mobile phone. Basic mapping software for UAV will allow users to program autonomous drones with waypoints or routes to follow during the mission, and some interfaces may provide the ability to define an area to be mapped by drawing a boundary on a touchscreen. Different types of mission will require different survey patterns – for instance the mapping of linear assets such as power lines and railways may only require corridor patterns.

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Global Mapper, drone mapping software by Blue Marble Geographics

Mapping software for drones may provide facilities that allow it to fit into the workflow of photogrammetry and post-processing software, exporting the captured images so that deliverables such as digital surface models (DSMs), digital terrain models (DTMs), point clouds and orthomosaics can be created.

Applications

Mapping software is used for various unmanned applications including aerial mapping and drone survey, oil and gas pipeline inspection and agricultural monitoring. Aerial imagery can also be used to perform volumetric calculations, in order to gauge levels of available raw materials for construction projects or calculate the amount of earth needed to fill in a hole.

HCS Mission Control App Flight Planning Software by HiTec

HCS Mission Control App Flight Planning Software by HiTec

All-in-one Software Solutions

All-in-one software solutions for drone mapping are available that combine both flight planning and post-processing capabilities, with options for processing aerial imagery either on local hardware, on a network or using a cloud-based service.

Products (5)

CoProcess

Advanced post-processing software for massive point cloud datasets

Advanced post-processing software for massive point cloud datasets
...is an advanced software package designed for the post-processing of massive point cloud datasets,...
Geographic Calculator

Geodetic software for UAV surveying data

Geodetic software for UAV surveying data
...erful geodetic software package that provides accurate coordinate conversion, datum transformation,...
Global Mapper Pro

LiDAR and photogrammetric processing and editing

LiDAR and photogrammetric processing and editing
......ensive array of features that perfectly complement and expand the existing software capabilities....
Global Mapper

Geospatial data analysis and GIS mapping software

Geospatial data analysis and GIS mapping software
...of-the-art GIS software package that provides comprehensive geospatial data analysis and processing... The software is also designed for easy visualizing, editing, and analysis of LiDAR or point cloud...
CoPre

Quick and efficient processing of UAV & mobile mapping data

Quick and efficient processing of UAV & mobile mapping data
... and intuitive software ecosystem for quick and user-friendly processing of geospatial data gathered...

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