Coastal Surveying
As our climate changes and storms become more frequent and severe, our coastline is changing ever rapidly. Combined with human populations concentrated around the coastlines, monitoring and managing our coastlines and coastal infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. At Environmental Drone Services Ltd, we use high end, commercial grade RTK/PPK drones for our coastal drone surveys, producing aerial photography, high resultion georeferenced orthomosiacs and 3D point clouds, which can be used in GIS and CAD packages as part of your coastal management project.
Coastal mapping & monitoring
At Environmental Drone Services Ltd we use drones to monitor coastal processes such as beach profiles, longshore drift, coastal erosion, sediment transport, coastal defences, coastal change & cliff erosion. Our coastal drone surveys reduce the risks to people working in the intertidal zone and along the coast. Coastal drone surveys are accuate, repeatable, faster and require few resources, allowing for rapid assessment of vulnerable coastline following storm events.
Coastal Habitats & Wildlife
Drone surveys allow for the accurate and repeatable surveying and condition monitoring of critical habitats such as sand dunes and salt-marsh. The areas around these habitats can be monitored and management plans created to ensure the survival of these protected areas.
Thermal drone technology can be employed to monitor bird and mammal populations utilising and/or living in these sensitive habitats, with minimal disturbance or human interference.
