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Field notes on drone capture, 3D scenes, and running a capture business — from the team building the platform.
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Gaussian splats vs photogrammetry: two outputs from one capture
A splat is the scene you walk through; a photogrammetry mesh and point cloud are what you measure on. You shouldn't have to choose — here's why you get both.
Read the post →What “survey-grade” actually means — and its tiers
“Survey-grade” gets stamped on a lot of deliverables that haven't earned it. Accuracy is a tier that comes from your inputs, not a label the software grants.
Read the post →Running a drone-capture business without a stack of ten tools
Most capture operators run their business across a CRM, a scheduler, a processor, an e-sign tool, and a spreadsheet. The seams between them are where money leaks.
Read the post →The capture-to-cash funnel: from the first flight to the paid invoice
Walk the whole path a capture takes — scene, deliverable, proposal, job, payment — and see why keeping it in one place changes the economics of a shoot.
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