Drone Aids in Inspection of Mitigation Bank

A land-development company hired GES to inspect streams and their banks in areas difficult to access on foot. GES pilots created and modified multiple flight paths, flying at various elevations (100 ft., 200 ft., and 400 ft.) and in different patterns, to capture high-definition photos and videos, as well as data from beneath the dense tree canopy. The collected data was processed using DroneDeploy and ArcGIS software to create orthomosaic and topographic maps that were used to analyze stream and bank conditions and aid in ongoing stream redesign and mitigation efforts. This drone-based approach allowed for the safe and efficient collection of extensive data sets from inaccessible areas, which would have otherwise been a time-consuming and costly process.