CAD-Ready Topographic Surveys

We are not here to replace your survey crew or take over your client relationship. We work as an extension of your team. In many cases, your crew sets the control and provides the project limits, then SkyFleet handles the drone flight, aerial data collection, processing, and final deliverables.

For firms that already have drones in-house, we can also support overflow work, advanced sensor needs, large sites, or processing-only workflows. Whether we fly the project or your team captures the data, our goal is the same: turn aerial data into clean, usable deliverables built for your workflow.

Built for Survey and Engineering Teams

Most drone companies deliver photos, videos, or large raw point clouds. SkyFleet delivers survey and engineering-ready data.

Our workflow is built around the final deliverable. Before we fly or process a dataset, we work with your team to understand what the data will be used for, what accuracy is required, and what file formats work best for your software.

We can provide deliverables for:

• Civil 3D

• MicroStation

• OpenRoads

• GIS workflows

• PLS-CADD

• Construction planning

• Utility design

• Survey production

LiDAR and Photogrammetry Data Collection

SkyFleet uses both drone LiDAR and photogrammetry depending on the site conditions and the final deliverable needed.

Photogrammetry works well for hard, visible surfaces such as pavement, gravel, buildings, open sites, and areas where high-resolution orthophotos are needed. With proper ground control and QA/QC, photogrammetry can provide highly accurate surfaces, orthomosaics, 3D models, and measurable aerial imagery.

LiDAR is used when the project includes vegetation, tall grass, wooded areas, ditches, uneven terrain, corridors, or soft ground. Because LiDAR uses laser returns instead of only imagery, it can help capture ground data in areas where the surface is partly hidden by vegetation.

On many projects, we combine both LiDAR and photogrammetry to create a more complete dataset.

Control, Accuracy, and QA/QC

For survey-grade projects, control matters. In many workflows, the client’s survey crew sets control and check shots so the project stays tied to their standards. SkyFleet then collects and processes the aerial data around that control.

Our processing workflow includes:

• Ground control alignment

• Check shot validation

• Point cloud cleanup

• Noise removal

• Ground classification

• Surface review

• Orthophoto review

• File formatting for CAD/GIS use

We do not just run data through software and export it. Each dataset is reviewed and refined so the final deliverable is clean, accurate, and usable.

CAD-Ready Deliverables

The biggest value SkyFleet provides is turning aerial data into files your team can actually use.

Instead of sending oversized, raw point clouds that slow down CAD, we can clean, thin, classify, and format the data for your workflow.

Deliverables can include:

• CAD-ready surface models

• TIN surfaces

• LandXML surfaces

• Contours

• Orthophotos / orthomosaics

• Classified LAS / LAZ point clouds

• DEMs / DSMs

• Breaklines

• Feature-coded data

• GIS-ready files

• Thinned point clouds for easier CAD use

Every deliverable is customized around how your team designs, drafts, reviews, and submits projects.

Support for In-House Drone Teams

If your company already flies drones, SkyFleet can still help.

Many firms collect great data in-house but do not have the time, staff, or processing workflow to turn large LiDAR and photogrammetry datasets into usable CAD files. We can process your data into customized deliverables that fit your existing workflow.

You fly the project, and we process the data into deliverables built for your team.

This can include classified point clouds, feature coding, CAD surfaces, contours, orthomosaics, thinning, and GIS-ready outputs.

Common Project Types

SkyFleet supports topographic survey work for:

• Civil engineering design

• Land development

• Utility corridors

• Roadway and drainage projects

• Construction sites

• Existing-condition surveys

• Large acreage sites

• Vegetated or wooded terrain

• Industrial sites

• Hard-to-access areas

Your Drone Team When You Need One

Not every firm wants to buy drones, train pilots, manage sensors, maintain software, or process point clouds in-house. SkyFleet gives your team access to a drone crew and processing team without having to build that entire workflow internally.

We can support one-off projects, overflow work, repeat mapping, large sites, corridor projects, and processing-only needs.

Whether your team needs full-service drone data collection or help turning your own data into CAD-ready files, SkyFleet can fit into your process.