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Drone in Knocknacarra

topcat77 · 2018-05-08 11:22:16

On Saturday there was a Drone flying around upper Ballymoneen Road. The operator looked legitimate wearing Hi-viz jacket and hardhat and the equipment he was using was very high end. Does anyone have any idea what he was at? All i can think of is 3D mapping for an online mapping service. Thanks in advance.

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08-05-2018 12:22pm

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On Saturday there was a Drone flying around upper Ballymoneen Road. The operator looked legitimate wearing Hi-viz jacket and hardhat and the equipment he was using was very high end.

Does anyone have any idea what he was at? All i can think of is 3D mapping for an online mapping service.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 08-05-2018 12:38pm
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topcat77 wrote: »

All i can think of is 3D mapping for an online mapping service

It definitely wasn't that.

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#3 08-05-2018 12:43pm
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It was defiantly flying a grid. I was thinking something like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3wXggCqY_8

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Whatever it was, it wasn't for an online mapping service. That's not how they do 3D mapping, rather they use satellite data

Most likely it was a survey of a small area for future development

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