Not a picture of the world - a measurement of it.
Aerial surveying has become the backbone of how infrastructure is measured, designed and maintained. Drones now
capture terrain, corridors, reservoirs, quarries and the insides of structures faster and far more safely than any
ground crew - but only a properly controlled and verified survey is one you can build from.
Written from the working end of a RICS-regulated practice, Aerial Surveying is a practitioner's guide to doing
it well - rigorous enough for the professional, clear enough for the newcomer. It explains how a drone actually
measures the world, how that measurement is anchored to a national coordinate framework, and how its accuracy is
honestly verified against the RICS standard rather than merely advertised.
Inside:
- Fixed-wing vs multirotor, photogrammetry and UAV LiDAR - and how to choose
- Survey control, capture, processing and the QA that proves accuracy
- Topographic and DCO-scale survey, corridors, reservoirs, volumetrics
- Confined-space inspection and reality models that track an asset for life
- How to commission a survey and read an accuracy statement you can trust
Whether you fly surveys, process them, or pay for them, this book will change how you think about what a survey
is.
