Drone-based aerial surveys
Use of drones allows capturing timely, high-resolution aerial photographs for various purposes. Among others, these include biological surveys or the supervision of construction and compensation measures. Drones may increase the accuracy of counts of marine species by at the same time avoiding disturbances caused by the observer.
From survey to evaluation
Drone surveys can be used for various purposes:
- Biological surveys, even of marine species (i. e., breeding and resting birds, harbour seals and grey seals)
- Mapping of mussel beds and seagrass meadows
- Beach litter mapping
- Vegetation mapping
- Supervision of construction and compensation measures
- Land surveying
- Surveys of coastal lines, dunes and dikes
- Documentation of damages of the crop caused by excess moisture or draught
Our drones
BioConsult SH has different drones that can be deployed flexibly depending on the required size of the area or the characteristics of the object.

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WingtraOne
- Monitoring drone for large areas (> 100 ha per flight)
- RGB and multispectral sensor
- PPK-equipped to produce centimetre-level georeferencing
- Nadir images

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DJI Phantom 4 Pro
- Multicopter drone for images and video
- RGB sensor
- Nadir and off-nadir images

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Matrice 300 RTK
- Monitoring drone for large areas
- Drone for images and video
- RGB sensor (Zenmuse P1 Sensor)
- RTK-equipped to produce centimetre-level georeferencing
- Nadir and off-nadir images

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GNSS Receiver Stonex S900T
- Base station to perform post-processed kinematic (PPK) of drone images
- Optional base and rover configuration
- Receives GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Galileo
- Sub-centimetre accuracy of ground control points (GCPs)

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GCPs
- Standard size: 30 cm and 50 cm
- Absolute accuracy of drone location data
- Validation of PPK accuracy
Data processing and evaluation
Next to simply record data, BioConsult SH additionally offers data processing and content-related evaluation.

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Processing of drone images
- Digital surface model (DSM)
- Orthophotos
- Digital terrain model (DTM)
- Index maps for multispectral images
- Vegetation indices

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Content-related evaluation
- Identification of marine species and birds
- Breeding bird monitoring
- Vegetation analyses
- Object identification and recognition
- Volume estimates