Observed arrival · 2026-09-22
Swathwise — size a drone survey before you fly it
A terrain-aware estimator for LiDAR and photogrammetry drone surveys that calculates area, flight time, battery sets, and flight routes.
- For
- Drone survey planners working with LiDAR or photogrammetry
- Worth noticing
- The estimator exports sample flight plans as CSV, KML, and GeoJSON, while exposing line spacing, density, overlap, and battery calculations.
Field notes
The homepage exposes the planning inputs rather than presenting only a final number: aircraft, sensor, height, speed, overlap, scan mode, pulse rate, returns, passes, and battery capacity. Its examples compare LiDAR and photogrammetry workflows against named surveying references, then provide sample estimate and route downloads in CSV, KML, and GeoJSON. The displayed terrain is explicitly synthetic, so the examples demonstrate the calculation workflow rather than a live job.
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