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Land Surveying with Drones: Transforming Accuracy and Efficiency

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 Can be Dangerous

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

Darling Geomatics Partners with Pima JTED to Train Drone Operators

Darling Geomatics is proud to partner with Pima JTED and its Drone Program to respond to increased industry demand for drone operators. Watch the video!

Darling Geomatics Soars into Summer 2021

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…

Experts in Drone Safety

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…

Darling Geomatics Sponsors Southern Arizona Society of American Military Engineers Annual Scholarship Fundraiser

Darling Geomatics is a sponsor of the Southern Arizona SAME Annual Scholarship Fundraiser golf tournament on May 14, 2021.

Mary Darling to Present at Arizona’s SheTech Explorer Day

Mary Darling, CEO of Darling Geomatics, will be presenting a demonstration of high tech digital data collection with drones and LiDAR to high school age girls that are interested in STEM curricula at SheTech Explorer Day Arizona on April 22, 2021. As a woman-owned business in a technical industry, we are proud to be working…

Darling Geomatics Wins Contract to Provide High Tech Forensic Assessments Using Drones and LiDAR

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 of Underground Infrastructure

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: Precision Surveying, Mapping, and 3D Modeling

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.

Drone Surveys in Arizona and Beyond Provide Invaluable Data

In Arizona and throughout the United States, drone surveys provide revolutionary applications for planning, mapping, monitoring, and imaging on a limitless variety of projects. Considering the relatively recent advent of drone technology, the advances in their capabilities are remarkable. Only since…

Digital Transformation of Energy Infrastructure Projects

The transformation to 3D data assists engineers, architects, and facilities managers at nearly every stage of a project by simplifying design workflow.

Mary Darling Interviewed on Tucson Means Business Podcast

Listen to this Tucson Means Business interview with Mary Darling, CEO and Principal Owner of Darling Geomatics.  You’ll learn about her background, starting the company, leading a global, high tech surveying company, and about some of their most interesting and challenging projects. Sign up for our email newsletter to receive updates on the latest in…

New Best Practice: Virtual Collaboration with Digital Twins

Our 3D scanning services with true color, digital reality data enable projects to advance by keeping teams productive when employees, clients, and stakeholders are working remotely as well as when they are at the office or in the field.

Important Notice From Darling Geomatics

During this time of uncertainty, we at Darling want to assure our customers that we are monitoring the current coronavirus situation closely. As a valued customer it is important that you know Darling Geomatics is open for business.

3D Mine Mapping from Surface to Subsurface

Watch our new video of 3D mine scanning and mine mapping, starting with an aerial view of the headframe, down the 1,700 foot vertical shaft and through 3 miles of underground workings. The result is a complete georeferenced data set for a digital twin of the entire surface and subsurface mining operations. Ultimate Reality Capture…

Smart Engineering: Digital Twins Before Upgrades

3D models of as-builts help power industry engineers modify and upgrade assets. Our 3D scanning services are safe, fast and accurate to produce digital twins of power plants, substations and other assets before upgrading, and to provide construction verification to spot check work as it progresses. Power companies trust Darling Geomatics. We’ve scanned more than…

Thermal Imaging UAVs for Solar Plant Inspections

Our aerial thermography for solar panel field evaluations provides data on efficiencies of power generation, panel service life, and return on the investment. Our FLIR-equipped UAVs with Zenmuse XT 640×512 resolution radiometric infrared camera lowers the cost of services that would otherwise require a helicopter.

Supplier Diversity Certifications

Federal and state governments set goals of awarding certain percentages of prime and subcontracting dollars to businesses to proactively develop and expand supplier diversity. Our certifications help our clients and teaming partners meet these supplier diversity requirements.

3D Structural Assessment of Plant Before Modifications

Do you know if your facility meets structural integrity standards before you invest in renovations or modifications? 3D scanning for manufacturing delivers accurate as-built models to assist in project planning and assessment. Safe, fast and accurate 3D as-built models can be used to detect structural deficiencies and design solutions to reduce risk and liability on…

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