Aerial data you can base a decision on
You do not need aerial photographs. You need a dossier your contractor, insurer, engineering firm or heritage consultant can work with. HOVVR prepares the flight, flies, processes the data and delivers it in the format your team already uses.
- 50hectares
- of nature reserve in the port of Antwerp mapped for Natuurpunt, in one day of flying
- 37buildings
- in Ghent recorded as a baseline survey before excavation work started
- < 2cm
- accuracy on surveys with RTK and ground control points
- 41permits
- needed for a first condition survey of a roof or façade
Three services. Your question decides which.
Do not choose on the basis of a drone or a sensor. Choose on the basis of what you need to be able to decide after the capture. That determines the coverage, the accuracy and the file format.
01You want to assess the condition
Go to Roof & FaçadeRoof planes, façades, junctions and roof penetrations captured systematically, with numbered points of attention per zone. Your contractor knows where to go.
02You want to record the shape
Go to Heritage & PropertyA baseline survey of a building or monument without physical contact, processed into a point cloud, 3D model or orthographic façade view.
03You want to measure and compare
Go to SurveysA georeferenced orthophoto, elevation model or volume calculation that opens directly in QGIS, ArcGIS, CAD or BIM.
They went before you.
How an assignment runs
Every assignment follows the same five steps. You know in advance who flies, when, and what you will receive.
- 01
Define the question
Together we establish which decision the data has to support. The accuracy and the format follow from that.
- 02
Check feasibility
We check the geozone, airspace, surroundings, bystanders, privacy and weather. If a permission is needed, we apply for it.
- 03
Capture
We fly what your question requires. No extra sensors that raise the price without changing the answer.
- 04
Processing and checks
We check coverage, sharpness and georeferencing before anything leaves our hands.
- 05
Delivery
You receive the files and a quality report stating what the data do and do not show.
Curious about some of our missions?
Assignment · Surveys50 hectaresof nature reserve mapped in one day of flying. Individual nests are visible on the orthophoto, without anyone entering the breeding area.
Nature management in the port of Antwerp, 50 hectares mapped
Port of Antwerp · Natuurpunt Antwerpen Noord & Kempen vzw · Read the case
Assignment · Roof & Façade75 minutes of flight timefor the complete roof surface of several warehouses, with a list of priority repairs as the basis for the maintenance budget.
Roof inspection of industrial warehouses in Ninove
Ninove · property manager · Read the case
Assignment · Heritage & Property36 minutes of flight timefor all façades and the roof of a chapel dating from 1707, without a ladder or scaffold against the building.
Inspection of the Boskapel in Imde
Imde (Meise) · heritage manager · Read the case
Know what you are ordering
An orthophoto is not an aerial photograph. A DSM is not a DTM. Thermography on the wrong day mostly measures the weather. For each technique and each file format, the knowledge base explains what it does, when it is useful and when a drone is not the right instrument.
Let us know what you need. We will propose the right solution.
Describe the object or site and the question you want answered. Within two working days you receive a quote containing only what you need. If a drone is not the right instrument, we will tell you that too.