Our Fleet: the right tool for the job

We operate a range of unmanned aircraft that are perfectly matched to the task in hand. With few exceptions (namely the M300 and M210V2) we have a backup system of each type ready to go, ensuring continuity should we have a technical issue or damage that grounds one system. For general aerial imagery, documentary and […]

Aerial Topographic Surveys: high accuracy surveying with RTK GNSS

Real Time Kinematic (RTK) is a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) enhancement technique that uses a fixed base station (either on site or remote using Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol – NTRIP – over cellular or Wi-Fi) to transmit correction data to a mobile GNSS receiver such as a “rover” or a Unmanned […]

Peatland restoration: Peatland Code field mapping

Much of the peatlands in the UK – including Shetland – have been degraded and eroded over the years by agriculture, forestry and commercial extraction. Peat is a very important carbon sink and store, but through drainage and erosion it releases the carbon into the atmosphere, becoming a massive source of greenhouse gas emissions. Severely […]