Drone LiDAR and reality capture in Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida
Service area / Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida

Drone LiDAR and reality capture in Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida

Tampa Bay through Naples runs on scheduled trips rather than same day mobilization, and that is a feature if you plan around it. Bundling several sites into one trip drops the per site cost sharply for firms with multiple parcels in the region.

01/Local conditions

Volume markets reward planning ahead.

This is condominium density, coastal exposure and continuous development, all at a scale the Panhandle does not have. It is also four to six hours of drive time from Santa Rosa Beach, which changes how the work should be scheduled rather than whether it can happen.

The efficient pattern is straightforward. A firm with three or four parcels, or an association with several properties, books them into one trip. Mobilization is the fixed cost, so spreading it across multiple sites is where the savings live.

Hurricane season documentation is the other pattern here, and the region has learned the lesson the hard way more than once. A dated record of a property before a storm is worth far more than anything that can be assembled after one.

Common work in this area

  • Multi site scheduled capture trips
  • Condominium and association documentation
  • Pre hurricane season property records
  • Vacant land topo and due diligence
  • Commercial roof and envelope thermal
  • Facade and balcony documentation
  • Construction progress on scheduled intervals
  • Post storm damage documentation
02/Proof

Data from work in this region.

Orthomosaic over a commercial parking and drive area
Commercial site documentation. Measurable imagery, dated and easy to distribute.
Colorized LiDAR point cloud of a coastal tower
High rise documentation from the air. No lift, no swing stage, no closure.
Model of a site under construction
Progress and as built records on scheduled return trips.
03/Coverage

Cities and counties we work in.

  • Tampa
  • St. Petersburg
  • Clearwater
  • Brandon and Riverview
  • Sarasota
  • Bradenton
  • Venice and Nokomis
  • Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte
  • Fort Myers and Cape Coral
  • Bonita Springs and Estero
  • Naples and Marco Island
  • Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Lee and Collier counties

Not on the list? Ask. If the project justifies the mobilization we will quote it honestly, and if it does not, we will tell you that too.

04/Services

Everything is available in this area.

05/Questions

Common questions about this area.

How quickly can you get to a site in Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida?
Panhandle sites are usually within a few days and often sooner. Alabama Gulf Coast runs close behind. Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida are scheduled trips, so booking ahead or bundling sites is the way to keep it efficient.
Do you charge mobilization for this area?
Mobilization is part of every scope and it is the reason very small isolated sites cost more per acre than they should. If you have several parcels in the region, putting them on one trip is worth planning and we will help you do it.
Can you handle controlled airspace here?
Yes, and on this coast that is most of the map. Authorizations are requested during planning rather than the morning of the flight, and we will tell you during scoping if a site has an airspace constraint that affects the schedule.
Do you work under other firms in this market?
Constantly. White label capture for surveyors, engineers and architects is a large share of what we do, and the deliverable goes out under your name.
05/Next step

Start with one site.

Send the boundary and the deliverable you need. We scope it, fly it, and return the data in your format, typically in under seven days.