Drones (aerial)
Multirotor mapping & LiDAR drone
A multirotor flying pre-planned grids with an RTK-corrected camera, LiDAR or multispectral sensor to make maps, 3D models and volume measurements.
Good at
Survey-grade maps of sites up to a few hundred hectares in a day.
Watch out for
Large areas are faster with fixed-wing VTOL; accuracy depends on ground control and processing.
Specs that matter for this type
- Weight
- Runtime / flight time
- Payload
- Top speed
- Range
- Max wind resistance
- Ingress protection (IP)
- Operating temperature
- Sensors
- Accuracy
Jobs it does
Usually the main robot for
- Construction progress monitoring by drone
- Drone mapping & orthomosaics
- Drone land surveying & topography
- Aerial LiDAR mapping
- Stockpile volume measurement
- Archaeological & heritage site survey
- Quarry & mine drone surveys
- 3D modeling & digital twins
- Crop scouting & NDVI mapping
- Forest inventory & timber cruising
- Utility vegetation management (LiDAR)
- Disaster damage assessment
- Accident & crime scene mapping
- Cemetery mapping
- Solar site assessment by drone
Also used for
Models we've catalogued
How to read this. Specs come from each maker's own spec page or datasheet, with the link and the date we checked it. Blank means the maker doesn't publish it (or we haven't found it). Scores are a whirrwork assessment, not a lab test: we only score a model when independent trials or tests exist. Methodology.
| Model | Weight | Runtime / flight time | Payload | Top speed | Range | Max wind resistance | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJI Matrice 350 RTK DJI | 6.47 kg | 55 min | – | 23 m/s | – | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI Matrice 400 DJI | 9.74 kg | 53 min | 6 kg | 25 m/s | 40 km | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI Matrice 4T DJI | 1.219 kg | 49 min | 0.2 kg | 21 m/s | 25 km | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise (3E / 3T) DJI | 0.915 kg | 45 min | – | – | 15 km | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
Also called: mapping drone, LiDAR drone, RTK drone, multispectral drone, LiDAR.