Background
Eagle Drones utilises this new disruptive technology called LIDAR, that is perfect for monitoring the state and change of coastal areas. Lidar is a 3D Laser scanner that releases approximately 1,000,000 laser beams per second to accurately and thoroughly map the Coast. Due to the high rate of survey points it is the ideal technology to allow a comparison over time.
The drone is programmed to create a repeatable flying program to insure consistency in image capture. The drone captured data is processed to create a 3D model called a pointcloud which consists of billions of gps captured points. Specialised software allows us to compare two models day to day and year to year and clearly see the areas of change.