Indeed, this industry trend is bringing with it new technology, opening up the GIS mapping, gas detection & thermal imaging frontiers for this oil and gas drone service provider.
So what is GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping? David Rock, RAVAN Air’s Chief Pilot has over 500 logged drone flying hours and numerous FAA and safety certifications. He explains what a mapping mission consists of – making the flight path or flight plan over natural gas, oil, petrochemicals, and water pipelines.
Among RAVAN Air’s nationwide drone inspection services, GIS mapping contractor is becoming increasingly in demand. This quickly growing oil and gas drone service provider explains why their safe, efficient and cost effective UAV inspections are all but replacing traditional helicopter or ground crew methods.
“There has been a really big shift in the industry geared toward safety and risk reduction, compliance management and a need for accurate data collection,” says RAVAN Air’s VP Ivan Hershberger.
Indeed, this industry trend is bringing with it new technology, opening up the GIS mapping, gas detection & thermal imaging frontiers for this oil and gas drone service provider.
So what is GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping? David Rock, RAVAN Air’s Chief Pilot has over 500 logged drone flying hours and numerous FAA and safety certifications. He explains what a mapping mission consists of – making the flight path or flight plan over natural gas, oil, petrochemicals, and water pipelines.
Among RAVAN Air’s nationwide drone inspection services, GIS mapping contractor is becoming increasingly in demand. This quickly growing oil and gas drone service provider explains why their safe, efficient and cost effective UAV inspections are all but replacing traditional helicopter or ground crew methods.
“There has been a really big shift in the industry geared toward safety and risk reduction, compliance management and a need for accurate data collection,” says RAVAN Air’s VP Ivan Hershberger.
Picture combination into one 2D map or 3D model. The onboard software takes calculations of the GPS coordinates and the ray angle then combines it into a 3D map. “We take pictures over that flightpath then upload it into PIX4D,” says Rock. PIX4D is software that ties all those many pictures together into one with all of the GPS coordinates. “The software figures out where each picture was taken by the GPS coordinate of the drone and provides a ray cloud of each,” he says
It’s also worth noting that methane detection surveys and thermal imaging differ from GIS mapping. Thermal imaging involves infrared temperature images taken with a FLIR camera, which can also be done at night. RAVAN Air, a drone methane detection contractor, provides survey quality images and data for methane detection as well as drone thermal imaging consulting.
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