"We needed 60
meters (196 feet) for
an eBee belly
landing, or 35 (115
ft) if the landing was
steep. Sometimes I
only had less than
10 meters to land, so
we needed a VTOL,
and we liked
Wingtra's approach:
focused on
surveying and
mapping down to 1
cm (0.4 in)
accuracy."
Save time: Up to 80% faster
surveying operations - Drones speed
up the labor-intensive collection of
geospatial data in the field. With its
autonomy and long range capability,
the WingtraOne mapping drone goes
further by increasing mapping
efficiency up to 80% compared to
various mapping methods, including
many other drones.
Minimizing time in the field - In one
flight, WingtraOne can map almost 2x
more than a conventional fixed-wing
drone and approximately 10 to 14x
more than multicopter drones. This is
mainly due to its 42MP Sony camera.
With this high resolution, the
WingtraOne can fly higher than
drones with 20MP cameras while
ensuring the same or better GSD,
thus covering a larger mapping area.
Why Wingtra?
I N D U S T R Y
"What we found is that St. Kitts is
very windy. It's also heavily forested
and steep because it's a volcanic
island. So I identified places where I
could land with the eBee—playing
fields, stadiums, parks. We mapped
around 15-20 km2 (5-7 mi2) with it."
- Ben White
GIS Engineer at Medici Land
Governance
Traditional survey
WingtraOne
80% faster survey means that a one-hour surveying job with the WingtraOne
equals up to five hours with traditional survey methods.
5 1
h h
14 2
Cover up to
Cover up to
x x
more than a with multicopter in one
flight
more than standard fixed-wing
drones in one flight
In addition to capturing high-accuracy
data efficiently, White and the small
Medici team needed a user-friendly
solution to map such a large area in a
short time. They also needed it to be
dependable.
"The safety checks with WingtraOne
are great, White said. "They aren't
overwhelming, and are just enough to
ensure you are flying safe. Across
most of St. Kitts, we didn't have
internet in the field, so it was really
nice to be able to download those
base maps and the elevation profile
into WingtraPilot."
White said he's also impressed by the
easy and transparent data processing
Down to 1 cm (0.4 in) drone survey
accuracy - Equipped with the 42 MP
full-frame Sony RX1R II camera and a
multi-frequency PPK GNSS receiver,
the WingtraOne surveying drone
delivers best-in-class absolute
horizontal accuracy, down to 1 cm and
vertical accuracy down to 2 cm.
Figure 2: WingtraOne can map a 130 ha (320 ac) quarry in an hour's flight. The resolution of the
final map allows you to zoom in and see a coin lying on the ground. And what is best is that it's
possible to know the exact coordinates of the coin down to an absolute accuracy of 1 cm (0.4 in).
