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Autel EVO II Dual 640T Thermal RTK Drone

The latest drone in our fleet is the Autel EVOII Dual 640T Thermal RTK V3 which (in addition to our DJI M300 carrying LiDAR) gives us centimeter accuracy photogrammetry. This thing is a beast with dual cameras (48 megapixel 1/2″ CMOS sensor capable of 8k ultra HD video, 16X zoom and 640×512 thermal video @30 frames/second), 38 minutes of flight time and a top speed of 44mph. The EVOII also has an ADS-B signal receiver to alert us to nearby air traffic.

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The Autel EVO’s thermal camera has 10 display options, some of which can be seen in this video along with a variety of temperature display settings.

350 Acre Bathymetric (Sonar) Survey

RTR recently completed a 350 acre bathymetric (sonar) survey while a dredging operation was in progress. SSRTR, our little orange remotely operated Bathycat, can be seen in the video against the backdrop of the dredger. The final deliverable was a plan (shown at the end of the video and in the slider below) as well as a Civil3D drawing containing a digital terrain model of the pond bottom. We collected over 6,000 points along the pond bottom using a boat carrying a GPS unit above the water and a sonar unit beneath it. Our ability to work in State Plane Coordinates on both land, sea, air, indoors and outdoors makes RTR uniquely capable of mapping any information on any site using a wide variety of data collection tools including LiDAR, Sonar, Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry, thermal imaging and terrestrial survey.