Quantum Drone Imaging

10/10/2023

Check out beautiful St. Malo church located just outside Estes Park, Colorado. The backdrop of Mount Meeker never disappoints. I look forward to taking some snow covered winter shots too.

10/05/2023

Check out our blog post on how ground control points are used to ensure precision when doing aerial mapping.

Unlock precision in drone mapping with Ground Control Points (GCPs), ensuring accuracy and trust in geospatial analysis across industries.

10/05/2023

This is a video of a house located on Sunset Rock in Estes Park, Colorado.

The video footage was taken with a DJI Mini 3 Pro.

07/11/2023

Here's a 360 degree panorama of a house on Sunset Rock located in Estes Park, Colorado. Click the image and drag all around to enjoy the scenery and the nasty weather.

House on Sunset Rock located in Estes Park, Colorado.

07/11/2023

Here's a 360 degree panorama of a house located in Estes Park, Colorado. Click and drag the picture to see all 360 degrees. It's amazing!

House in Estes Park, Coloradp

05/29/2023

Here's a nice panorama of the downtown Houston skyline taken during a Houston Drones Facebook group meetup over the Memorial Day weekend.

05/12/2023

One of Quantum Drone Imaging's main service offerings is creating photogrammetric maps within the survey and construction industries. (See the last paragraph for a detailed explanation of photogrammetry.)

This is a georeferenced orthomosaic representing approximately 200 acres and was produced from 1582 individual images captured with a DJI Phantom 4 RTK drone at an altitude of 230 feet, then "sewn" together in specialized software. The red lines were Photoshopped in to give a visual representation of my client's property. It is NOT an accurate boundary.

This orthomosaic was requested by my client so they can have an accurate "Google Earth" picture of their property to begin making important land development decisions with respect to the large sand pit to the north and the water-filled basin in the center of the property. The client didn't need extreme X/Y/Z accuracy, so no ground control points (GCPs) were needed.

Photogrammetry is a technique used to create accurate three-dimensional (3D) models or measurements of physical objects and environments using photographs. The process typically begins by capturing a series of overlapping photographs of the object or scene from different viewpoints. These photographs are taken using cameras or specialized equipment such as drones or laser scanners. The images should have sufficient overlap to allow for the extraction of common features. Photogrammetry has various applications across industries, including architecture, construction, and land surveying. It provides an efficient and cost-effective way to create accurate 3D models, measure distances, volumes, and areas, and visualize objects and environments in a digital form.

05/12/2023

One of Quantum Drone Imaging's main service offerings is creating photogrammetric maps within the survey and construction industries. (See the last paragraph for a detailed explanation of photogrammetry.)

This is a georeferenced orthomosaic representing approximately 350 acres and was produced from 2812 individual images captured with a DJI Phantom 4 RTK drone at an altitude of 320 feet, then "sewn" together in specialized software. Accuracy was very important to this client, so his crew marked 14 ground control points (GCPs) before we flew our drone to take the pictures. During the processing phase, we marked the GCPs in the necessary images to produce a sub 5cm accuracy in all 3 X, Y, and Z axes. The red lines were Photoshopped in to give a visual representation of my client's property. It is NOT an accurate boundary.

It took approximately 4 hours to acquire the images and another 5 hours to process the imagery, for an approximate total of a day's work. When I asked my client how long it would have taken his team to acquire this much data using their legacy "boots-on-the-ground" method, he told me it would take about 4 weeks to acquire the data and another week or so to process it at an approximate cost of $26,000. Let's just say that I did it for a hell of a lot less than that. :)

This shows you a real life example of the value and benefit of using drones to create very accurate georeferenced topographic and orthomosaic maps with full photogrammetric (measurements on the photo) capabilities.

Photogrammetry is a technique used to create accurate three-dimensional (3D) models or measurements of physical objects and environments using photographs. The process typically begins by capturing a series of overlapping photographs of the object or scene from different viewpoints. These photographs are taken using cameras or specialized equipment such as drones or laser scanners. The images should have sufficient overlap to allow for the extraction of common features. Photogrammetry has various applications across industries, including architecture, construction, and land surveying. It provides an efficient and cost-effective way to create accurate 3D models, measure distances, volumes, and areas, and visualize objects and environments in a digital form.

05/10/2023

These drone pictures are of a house located in "The Point" subdivision on Lake McQueeney in Texas, near San Antonio. The lake is being drained so the dam can be repaired over the next few years.

These photos and videos were taken with a DJI Mini 3 Pro.

05/10/2023

This is an orbit of a house in "The Point" subdivision is located on Lake McQueeney in Texas near San Antonio. The lake is being drained so the dam can be repaired over the next few years.

This video was taken with a DJI Mini 3 Pro.

01/20/2023

610 South at Uptown Park in Houston, TX.