Industries

How can drone services help you?

The global drone industry is one of the fastest growing markets in the world today. It is forecast to grow to a staggering US$42.8B by 2025 and reach up to US$150B in the future!

The friendly staff at HD Imagery has extensive knowledge from years of experience in several industries. Mining, Oil/Gas, Agriculture, Construction, Property, Infrastructure & Utilities, just to name a few. 

HD Imagery has seen the advantages of using highly qualified skillsets to increase safety, minimise risks, reduce downtime and maximise cost savings that aerial inspections can deliver to a business. We embrace the latest technology to capture and analyse data to provide efficient solutions to maximise your return on investment. 

Statistics show that working at heights and falling objects are some of the most common causes of workplace and home incidents.

Why use ladders, dangerous elevated work platforms (EWP’s), scaffolding or rope access when you can mitigate the risk and prevent ‘dropped-object’ potential whilst increasing efficiency?

DON’T BECOME ANOTHER STATISTIC!

Resource sectors

  • Gas processing plants inspections & reporting
  • Offshore platform inspections & reporting
  • Chemical plants asset management
  • Confined space inspections
  • Construction progress reporting
  • Powerline and electrical equipment inspections 
  • Water reservoir surveys and volumetric calculations
  • Solar panel inspections
  • Roof & tank inspections
  • Radio & Telecommunications equipment inspections
  • Maritime & Wharf inspections
  • Conservation and environment
  • 2D Orthomosaic mapping
  • 3D Modelling photogrammetry
  • Stockpile and pit volumetric calculations

Communications

  • Detailed periodic maintenance inspections
  • Detection of faulty & damaged equipment using Infra-Red 
  • 3D modelling, creating digital twins of assets
  • Line of sight surveys of future antenna locations
  • Elevation and ground surveys of future tower locations
  • Azimuth surveys – Tower direction bearings & angles of transmission equipment
  • Scope & estimate installations including space availability, cable run lengths, required heights of antennas/towers
  • Flora clearance inspections surrounding assets
  • Surveying fauna nesting within assets

Infrastructure, asset & Utilities Inspections

  • Distribution powerlines – hot joints, maintenance inspections, scope future repair works
  • High voltage transmission power lines
  • 2D Orthomosaic mapping
  • 3D Modelling & digital twin creation
  • Overhead ring mains & sub mains inspections
  • Detailed 360′ surveys of bridges, roads, railways, wharfs, dolphin moorings
  • Renewable resources inspections of wind turbines & solar panels
  • Inspection of gas pipelines, storage tanks, dams and water reservoirs
  • Identify water saturation areas after rainfall

Precision Agriculture

With the worlds population to grow beyond 10 billion people by 2050, the agricultural industry is forecast to increase by 50%! 

  • Monitoring crops, livestock and assets
  • Creating 2D orthomosaic maps of properties
  • Crop density reporting 
  • Improve crop yields and output with multi-spectral scanning 
  • Plant health surveys
  • Pest surveying
  • Tree count and growth trends
  • Precision analytical data processing
  • Irrigation efficiency analysis
  • Spraying & seeding without heavy machinery damaging crops and also reducing diesel usage whilst minimising carbon emissions
  • Livestock mustering
  • Land conservation and wildlife surveying

Construction, Insurance & Property

  • Pre-planning and quoting (measure distances and heights)
  • Surveying & stockpile volume calculations
  • Construction progress reporting & photography
  • 2D & 3D digital site mapping
  • Improving site safety and avoiding potential delays
  • Fencing / scaffolding conditions 
  • Security / asset management
  • Risk mitigation and damage prevention
  • Property & Asset storm damage reporting
  • Insurance – record the status your crops & assets before fire or storm seasons
  • Insurance – Safely & quickly capture the damage and condition of properties and assets without confronting dangerous access issues like flood waters, roof collapse or fallen powerlines, in order to quickly process your claims
  • Missing persons search and rescue overhead support & livestock tracking
  • Crane inspections and maintenance
  • Roof inspections including solar panel Infra-Red inspections
  • New project marketing and client future Point of View 
  • Strata surveys
  • Real Estate photography including annotations & nearby points of interest