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DRONE SURVEYING / SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

Your site
has secrets.
We have sensors.

Drone LiDAR and photogrammetry for terrain, drainage, vegetation and assets. One survey. Evidence your team can use.

See a live example ↗Discuss your site ↗
YOUR SITE. A CLEARER PICTURE.

FROM CAPTURE TO CONTEXT

From flight
to insight.

A short look at how aerial capture becomes a terrain model, screening layers and a map your team can explore.

See the real survey evidence ↗
Drone scanning a coastal landscape in the Grid Scan film
THE GRID SCAN FILMAI visualisation · illustrative scan and results

SERVICES / START WITH THE QUESTION

Understand your site.
Layer by layer.

Choose the question you need to answer. We scope the capture and outputs around it.

01 / GROUND TERRAIN3D MODEL
Grayscale ground terrain model of a rail corridor
Understand slopes, ground form and low areas from a georeferenced terrain model. Ground visibility and achievable detail depend on conditions. Rail-project example shown.
YOUR OUTPUTGeoreferenced terrain model + ground context

REAL PROJECT / RAIL SURVEY

One survey.
Several useful answers.

Explore vegetation clearance, ground terrain and drainage from the same capture.

140M+ points in this rail survey example

VEGETATION + 3D CLEARANCEFULL HD / 1080P

Drag to explore the survey

01 / ONE SURVEY. CONNECTED LAYERS.

Move through
the evidence.

Scrub from vegetation and the true 3D clearance envelope into terrain and drainage. Choose a chapter or play the tour.

Clearance intersections, flow paths and low areas are screening candidates for field or engineering review. Water shown is modelled, not observed.

Same survey throughout · original 1080p project frames

Explore the interactive 3D model ↗
Explore ground classification and earthworks evidence
Colour LiDAR view of a vegetated rail cutting
Classified ground terrain from the same viewpoint
COLOUR LiDARGROUND MODEL
02 / TERRAIN UNDER CANOPY

Separate the surface
from the cover.

Slide between colour LiDAR and the classified ground model from the same project viewpoint. Review the formation, slopes and low ground with vegetation visually separated.

A classification view, not a before-and-after survey. Gaps in ground returns remain unknown; the model does not prove hidden drain condition.

— CANDIDATE BOUNDARYSEPARATE CAPTURE AREAS
03 / EARTHWORKS CONTEXT

Define the question.
Keep the gaps visible.

Review interpreted cutting limits around the formation and side slopes. These two candidate boundaries stay separate across a processing exclusion.

Actual draft polygon geometry, simplified in presentation. Boundaries need review; they do not certify the crest, excavation limits or slope stability.

Discuss your earthworks scope ↗

HOW IT WORKS / CAPTURE TO CONTEXT

A clear scope.
A useful handover.

01 ↗

CAPTURE.

Agree the site, intended use, detail and control. Capture with drone LiDAR and photogrammetry.

SCOPE + CAPTURE
02 →

PROCESS.

Build georeferenced point clouds and terrain models. Derive the agreed screening layers with traceable parameters.

CONNECT THE EVIDENCE
03 ↘

DELIVER.

Hand over models, reports, registers and interactive maps in the formats your office and field teams need.

PUT INSIGHT TO WORK

DELIVERABLES / EVIDENCE YOU CAN WORK WITH

Data that leaves
the desktop.

Models, reports and maps that keep each finding connected to its location and evidence.

GRID SCAN 01 / EVIDENCE

Site intelligence
Evidence report

Real drainage paths and inspection markers on a corridor terrain model

DRAINAGE · TERRAIN · VEGETATION

01 / PDF

Review the evidence.

Mapped findings, interpretation and verification notes in a report your engineering team can review.

Report layout mockup · actual survey imagery
▦   FEATURE REGISTER XLSX / CSV
Illustrative register structure
Feature IDLayerReview
DRN-001DrainageField check
VEG-002ClearanceField check
TRR-003Tree reachArborist
PND-004PondingAfter rain
GRD-005TerrainBaseline
STABLE IDs ↔ MAP-LINKED FEATURES
02 / REGISTER

Assign the next action.

Feature IDs, coordinates and evidence links to prioritise inspections and retain a record for the next survey.

Illustrative records · no client information
GRID SCAN FIELD MAP
Terrain and drainage evidence shown in a tablet field-map mockup
FIELD MAPPhone field-map mockup
⌖   Navigate to feature
03 / PHONE + TABLET

Find it in the field.

Photo-linked observations and mapped locations, with live GPS in supported field-map platforms.

Interactive device mockup · select the map marker

CLIENT PORTAL / YOUR SITES

Go beyond the screenshot.

Open the client portal ↗
SITE VIEWER / 2D · 3D · ON SITEMAP / SCAN / WALK-THROUGH
Real corridor point cloud with a 3D clearance envelope
⌖

Your site.
Layer by layer.

Clients sign in to explore their sites as a map, a 3D scan or through the camera on site — with a guided walk-through and voice guide.

REAL SURVEY DATA · MODELLED SCREENING LAYERSClient sign-in ↗

OUR APPROACH / CLEAR SCOPE. TRACEABLE EVIDENCE.

Know what you’re getting.
And what it tells you.

Agree the capture area, positioning requirements and deliverables before collection. Every model states its source and limitations. Screening helps qualified teams target field verification; it does not certify asset condition.

CAPTURE
LiDAR + photogrammetry
SPECIALIST
True 3D rail clearance screening
Kinematic envelope and potential tree reach, with parameters agreed for each project
INTEGRATION
GIS-ready outputs and point clouds
Handoffs for platforms such as Pointerra, scoped to your requirements
OWNERSHIP
Your project. Your data.
Data ownership stays with the client.
Repeat surveys and specialist applications

Repeat captures can track erosion, growth and surface change. Earthworks interpretation and high-voltage asset or conductor-clearance screening require an agreed scope, control and assurance.

ABOUT GRID SCAN / LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR SITE

Let’s see what
your site’s hiding.

Grid Scan turns aerial survey data into practical evidence for the people planning, maintaining and managing a site.

Tell us the location, the assets and the decision ahead. We’ll help scope the capture and deliverables.

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