Drone Solutions

Whether you are looking to improve your inventory management, track your pit progression, or verify contractor work, Firmatek’s drone solutions make it easy for you to turn your site data into business intelligence.

Industry Leading Drone Solutions

Firmatek launched it’s Drone Solution Program in 2016. Since then, we have researched and developed best in class solutions for our clients in the key industries we serve.

Firmatek offers two basic models: a complete end-to-end solution or a partial do-it-yourself solution where the client flies the drone. Our drone program includes a Drone Kit, on-boarding and training program, and client specific deliverables. Clients choose the type of deliverables they want when they upload the data to Firmatek Cloud. Clients are charged credits based on the type and number of deliverables they use.

How It Works

Collect Your Data

Fly your drone when it is convenient to you and collect your own data. After the data is captured, upload it to our processing team.

Data Processing

Firmatek’s team of data processors and engineers analyze the date and create client deliverables.

Receive Deliverables

You receive deliverables, reports, and insights in Firmatek Cloud.

Firmatek Support

Our team is available to answer questions and explain the data so that you can turn the insights into business intelligence.

Industries We Serve

Mining & Aggregates

Landfill & Waste Management

Electric Utilities

Disaster Response

Construction

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Benefits of Aerial Data

Time Saving

Faster access to real-time analytics with collection of data and processing in 24-48 hours.

Operating Efficiency

Frequent flyovers for analysis of stockpiles and inventory ensure all records of assets are consistent.

Safety Monitoring

Improved safety on sites by monitoring traffic, road conditions and ensuring areas are clear before a blast and post-blast.

Long Term Recording

Utilize Firmatek Cloud to track historical site data over time for accurate site planning and financial analysis.

Asset Tracking

Aerial imagery can keep track of their large, expensive equipment and other assets in order to ensure accountability.

Streamlined Audits

Readily available, independent third-party inspections with audit history of all material inventories.

White Paper: Guide to Building and Implementing an Enterprise Drone Program

By Lauren Elmore, President of Firmatek As many industries are adopting drone technology across their entire organizations, it is important to learn from our collective successes, mistakes, and key findings. Regardless of your industry, there are many...

Guide to Drone Series: Which Photogrammetric Platforms Fit Your Solution?

By Steele Olsen, Geospatial Field Technician Serving our industry to the best of our ability requires us to act as trusted advisors to our clients. In an industry that’s flooded with new and improved tools and software systems, we aim to assist our clients...

Why Turner Mining Group Uses Firmatek Drone Solutions

We believe in using the right tool for the right job, so we work with our clients like Turner Mining Group, to provide a solution that works for them. Sometimes that means we do everything from collecting the data to analyzing it and providing analysis...

Guide to Drone Series: What Type of Analysis Will You Perform?

By Andrew Maximow, Chief Drone Officer In the first blog of our Guide to Drone Series, we discussed the criteria Firmatek uses to select drone/UAV platforms. In this article, we take a closer look at specific use-cases and the types of data they provide....

Guide to Drone Series: How We Choose the Right Tool

By Andrew Maximow, Chief Drone Officer. At Firmatek, we believe in using the right tool for the right job. Utilizing the best technology available helps ensure that we can equip our clients with the business intelligence that they need to improve their...

Simplifying the Mapping Process with Drones

Published in CIO Applications Drone Technology. Mapping quarry faces or material stockpiles or landfills has traditionally been a manual process and being such, a daunting task. It is dangerous, expensive, time-consuming, and companies that need to do...

Embrace the Tech Revolution by Incorporating Drones Into Your Workflow

Contributed by Firmatek president, Lauren Elmore. This article was recently published in Cement Americas spring edition. The adoption of drones in the aggregate industry has increased tremendously since 2016, and we expect that trend to continue. As...

Deliverables

Experts in data capture and analysis, we transform data into actionable insights through customized deliverables.

Ortho Imagery

An orthophoto, orthomosaic or orthoimage is an aerial photograph geometrically corrected so that the scale is uniform. Unlike an uncorrected aerial photograph, an orthophoto can be used to measure true distances because it is an accurate representation of the Earth’s surface, having been adjusted for topographic relief, lens distortion, and camera tilt.

LAS Point Cloud

A point cloud is a set of data points in a coordinate system. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points are usually defined by X, Y, and Z coordinates, and often are intended to represent the external surface of an object. LiDAR scanners and Drones gather point measurements from real-world objects or photos for a point cloud that can then be translated to a 3D mesh or CAD model.

Stockpile Volume

Generate 3D models and accurate volumes of indoor and outdoor stockpiles. Our LiDAR laser scanning and Aerial Data reporting help you survey stockpiles safely, accurately and efficiently to meet reporting and contractor deadlines.

Cut and Fill Calculations

Cut and Fill Volume Calculations

We reduce the manual work needed to perform a cut-and-fill. Once LiDAR or Drone Aerial Data is collected, our DARP platforms enables cloud processing and export into native Autodesk file formats like an RCS, a point cloud file that can be used in AutoCAD.

Topographic CAD

Our Data Analysis and Reporting platforms uses LiDAR and Drone Aerial Data to provide all data points necessary to create fast and reliable terrain models, contours and volume calculations.

Transform your site data into powerful insights.

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