A map before you leave site.
The whole site, current, without anyone walking it: the map builds outward behind the aircraft while it flies, and is measurable about nine minutes after landing — with no bars of signal anywhere near the site. The full survey-grade record catches up on its own once the site has a connection again.
What it does
Half the sites worth flying have no signal at all. The map builds on the controller behind the aircraft — the stitched region advancing as it flies, grey ahead of the front, every tile carrying its age — so the crew reads it standing on the pad instead of finding out the next morning that a line came up short and the truck is now two hours away.
The field map is on the site's own coordinates and measurable — enough to decide where the water is sitting, whether the pad is at grade, which access road the delivery takes. Back in range, the full survey-grade map, surfaces and volumes land on the record without anyone re-flying anything.
In practice
- 01
Land and read it
Nothing waits on a tower and nothing uploads first. The map starts building on the tailgate while the batteries are still warm.
- 02
Read the field map
A georeferenced map at reduced resolution, about nine minutes after landing, with measurement on it. Enough to move a pump, re-route a haul road, or send the aircraft back up for a line that missed.
- 03
It catches up on its own
Back in range, the survey-grade map, the surfaces and the volumes land on the record — 40 minutes end to end from capture, same numbers for everyone.
Spec
- FIELD MAP
- 9 MIN TYP
- CAPTURE → RECORD
- 40 MIN
- CONNECTIVITY
- NONE REQUIRED
- FULL RECORD
- WHEN BACK IN RANGE
40 min
Capture to processed map on the record