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Before advances in underground surveying using 3D scanning technology, inspecting and mapping subsurface facilities was time-consuming, costly, and hazardous. Surveying mines is notoriously tricky, but today’s LiDAR, photogrammetry, and georeferencing tools paired with state-of-the-art software are capable of producing a phenomenal array of maps and models designed to tackle almost any underground conundrum in near real-time. Watching a video of a 3D tunnel scan is mesmerizing.

Exactly like the name sounds, an as-built survey is an accurate visual rendering showing a completed construction or engineering project. Today’s laser scanning makes the process fast, efficient, and affordable and will even save money in the long run. Cost reduction is so significant, in fact, the U.S. government General Services Administration (GSA) now requires building information models (BIM) to provide clash detection on every government construction project.

Innovations in mine surveying made possible by state-of-the-art survey technologies have revolutionized mine design and development, environmental and safety monitoring, and volumetric calculation.

Hyperspectral imaging, also known as imaging spectroscopy, refers to the gathering and processing of data from across the vast electromagnetic spectrum.

Modern aerial LiDAR equipment mounted on UAVs makes possible the collection of high resolution elevation data used to create 3D models of objects, detailed Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).

A lot of terms relating to modern surveying technology get muddled: 3D drone scanning, LiDAR scanning, UAV surveying, photogrammetry, etc.

After much waiting, LiDAR’s day has finally come, and we have an array of software platforms powerful enough to handle the huge amounts of data generated by LiDAR scans.

Drones collect raw data, giving drone surveyors the opportunity to work with an unimaginable volume of images and measurements that can then be downloaded and used.

Land surveying mistakes cause problems that reverberate for years to come, costing time, money, and peace of mind.

While others wilted from the summer heat, Darling Geomatics roared into summer 2021, and the news is all sunny.  First, the acquisition of a new high tech vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing drone has pilots and customers buzzing.  Because this type of drone can go straight up and down like a helicopter, it does…

When it comes to operating drones safely, rely on the experts at Darling Geomatics! KGUN9 News in Southern Arizona interviews our CEO Mary Darling about drone safety. Pilots conduct a preflight check and so should engineers, developers, planners, construction and facilities managers before contracting for drone surveying…

We have been selected by a national forensics company to provide our drone survey and LiDAR scanning expertise to produce digital maps and models used in exhibits for the accident and criminal investigations throughout the southwest US for five years. “The 3D point cloud data and true color imagery we produce will be used in computer modeling…

3D scanning by Darling Geomatics provides a precise digital twin of service tunnels, underground utility corridors, shafts, and other subsurface infrastructure used for mapping, planning, clash detection, change detection and safety inspections

UAV photogrammetry uses the principles of triangulation to turn 2D photographic images taken by a pilotless aircraft into precise, 3D representations, such as maps and models.