ADU 01134: What Should I Do To Get Started in Drone Mapping?

Step-By-Step Workflow for Getting Starting in Drone Mapping Today's question is about drone mapping. How can you learn the nuances of this field and scale up your drone business to another level? Our caller for today, Jaime is thinking of venturing into drone mapping for the construction industry. Wise decision. Especially, after COVID, demand for drone mapping and modeling has gone through the roof. Today, Jaime has some interesting questions about drone mapping software. Specifically, which is the best software for someone like Jaime who is just starting out? What are some of the most popular drone deliverables for the construction industry? Is there a particular drone mapping deliverable that serves a wide variety of industries? And, is it a good idea to process data on the cloud? Towards the end, Paul shares a step-by-step workflow for those who wish to learn drone mapping. If you are an aspiring or a new drone mapper, listening to this show will particularly help you out. Enjoy! Whether you are just getting started or looking to increase your revenue stream, our drone service providers are ready to help you achieve your most ambitious goals. Check out all our classes for 2020 by going here - http://bit.ly/mapclass2020 Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don’t fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community.Follow us:Site - https://thedroneu.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneuInstagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [01:34] Today's show is brought to you by our awesome Drone U Community [07:05] Why is overlap important in drone mapping? [08:33] What is drone mapping? How does it work? Paul explains in simple terms [11:02] Today's question is about drone mapping software [13:10] Three different kinds of drone mapping software [14:26] How your client determines the type of deliverable [14:56] What are some popular drone mapping deliverables if you catering to the construction industry? [15:53] Is there a particular deliverable that serves numerous clients? [16:25] Which is the best drone mapping software for you? Discussing the pros and cons of the most popular mapping software [19:08] Should you process your data on the cloud? [24:08] Step by step process for learning drone mapping [26:42] Which is the best drone mapping software for data acquisition?