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An impressive Skeye product is the 360 ​​degree panoramic tour. Recorded from the sky in combination with additional footage on the ground. This looks like Google Streetview but from the sky.

These panorama tours are ideal for watching visitors from a city, business park, camping, golf course, marina, theme park, zoo or other recreation area through an interactive presentation on the Internet. Important information can be added to the photo and is requested by the visitor of the website.

Skeye BV provides aerial photography throughout the country, both in urban and rural areas. Due to our wide variety of possibilities and materials we can always deliver. We always produce the desired result through the deployment of drones, manned airplanes, helicopters and aerial platforms.

Benefits:

Through the use of various platforms, we photograph throughout the country, within the framework of the law

We are used to turning high volumes and provide continuity for each assignment

We guarantee high quality at a sharp and fixed fee price.

 Skeye aerial photography is used for various purposes. These include:

Bird flights for future visuals and 3D

Photography of views from future apartments

Presentation of business premises and areas

Periodic photography of infrastructure construction

Photography of events

Skeye works with all major 3D parties and real estate developers in the Netherlands. 

Skeye uses unmanned helicopters and aircraft for low-altitude aerial photographs. This enables us to work quickly, flexibly and cost-effective. This low altitude delivers unique and sharp images on which all the details can be seen.   

By using a geometrically calibrated photo camera and additional control points on the ground we are able to calculate the corresponding coordinate for each image pixel. In addition, the photographs are corrected for differences in altitude and color differences due to changing weather conditions. Then all the photos of an area are counted together into one seamless image. These can then be used directly in a CAD or GIS to measure or map.

Skeye specializes in the accurate measurement of stocks or mountains stored material using unmanned helicopters (drones). These are equipped with a 36Mp digital camera and geometrically calibrated to perform measurements. These measurements are based on the photogrammetric principle whereby terrain heights can be calculated in the overlapping portion of photographs taken from another point of view.

his method gives the following advantages over traditional land survey methods: 

Safety: There is no need for people to climb the mountains to perform measurements;

 Quick: It is possible to measure up to 100 ha in one day;

 Accurate: Under normal conditions, accuracy of 20 mm is achieved;

Complete: This method can yield up to 100 highlights per square meter, resulting in fuller and thus more reliable results;

Skeye has already carried out many projects on a wide variety of materials, ranging from coal, sand, ore, old iron to car tires.  

We can deliver the results of the measurements in different ways. This varies from a paper report with a stock of stocks and the calculated quantities to digital cards and 3D models of stocks. On average, half is needed to get a reliable result from the raw photos.

Prior to flights with the little drone, land checkpoints are placed in the vicinity of the storage bays. These are measured by using RTK GPS and are required to perform accurate calculations. In addition, Skeye always measures a number of verification points to show the quality of the calculations.

During the flight with the drone, photographs are made as part of an automated flight path.  The positions where the photos are made is chosen to create a certain overlap between the pictures.

The images are processed at the office using specialized software making a point cloud with height measurements. At least 10 points per square meter are generated, but this can soon rise to 100 points per square meter.

This point cloud is then checked by comparing it with the verification measurements included in the field. Hereby, the calculated height is compared to the measured height in the field by means of the GPS.

If the quality is shown, then the volume of the stockberg can be calculated by making a 3D model of the point cloud. Before the volumes are determined, it is important to be well-judged against which reference level the volumes must be measured. Is this a level of x meters above NAP or the stocks in a bin that have to be modeled.

Skeye specializes in making aerial photographs at low altitude with a geometrically calibrated camera. This enables us to obtain all heights, of a landscaped area. At each height (Z) the coordinates (X, Y) are also recorded. This creates a digital terrain model that can be calculated quickly and accurately. The volume of a stockberg can be calculated relative to a base plane or if two measurements take place at different times, a difference calculation can be made.

The quality of the digital terrain models is very high. Recent projects showed a maximum deviation of only 20 mm. The metering density (point density) can reach up to 100 points per square meter!

In cooperation with our sister company Deep BV from Amsterdam we are able to make digital terrain models that extend under the water level.

Skeye's unmanned aircraft (drones) are able to reach those places that are difficult, expensive, dangerous, 'live' or even impossible for manned inspection teams.

With different types of drones, Skeye can inspect indoor, onshore and offshore installations and objects in many different environments. Drones provide a very cost-effective and rapid alternative to traditional manned inspections by preventing or minimizing hazardous, time-consuming and costly alternatives such as the use of scaffolding, construction cranes or rope access.

With our drones, a range of sensors can be checked and placed in the correct position near the object or installation. For example, Skeye uses a 36 MP camera to create stunning high resolution images that can distinguish the smallest detail without having to shut down your operation. The use of an Infrared Red camera provides more insight into leakage heat, insulation problems or the detection of potential combustion sources.

Our inspection services are usually performed as regular, calamity or pre-maintenance inspections. Our customers come from the on- and offshore wind power, oil & gas, chemical and process industries. In addition, we inspect for many other customers installations, buildings, chimneys, telecom and high voltage masts.

Skeye has a global partnership with Bureau Veritas to provide official inspection reports. This way, a valuable insight into the state of your asset can be delivered, making you better prepared for operational and maintenance decisions with a clear understanding of the required time for turn-around or shut-down maintenance. All this done in a fast, safe and cost-effective way.

In addition to visual and infrared photography, Skeye uses special software and a calibrated camera that allows measurements to be made in the images. The advantage of this is that if a tear is detected, for example, a further inspection can check whether this tear has become larger.

Skeye uses drones (small unmanned helicopters and aircraft) to make aerial photographs at low altitude. With these pictures we make 3D digital height and terrain models and orthophoto mosaics (underlayers images).

For you as a customer, the use of a drone offers a number of advantages over conventional aerial photography or GPS measurements in the terrain.

This technique can be used very quickly because it can also be flown with cloud cover. You'll also get better results, both in resolution and accuracy, because photos are taken very close.

Also in terms of costs, the dedication of a drone is very attractive. On average, the use of a drone is up to four times cheaper than traditional aerial photography.

With the use of photogrammetry we are able to obtain all heights, of a landscaped area. At each height (Z) the coordinates (X, Y) are also recorded. This creates a digital terrain model that can be calculated quickly and accurately. The volume of a stockberg can be calculated relative to a base plane or if two measurements take place at different times, a difference calculation can be made.

The quality of the digital terrain models is very high. Recent projects showed a maximum deviation of only 20 mm. The metering density (point density) can reach up to 1000 points per square meter!

In cooperation with our sister company Deep BV from Amsterdam we are also able to make digital terrain models that extend under the water level.

In addition, the photographs are corrected for differences in altitude and color differences due to changing weather conditions. Then all the photos of an area are counted together into one seamless image. These can then be used directly in a CAD or GIS to measure or map.

Skeye recently added a new sensor for recording geodata in addition to existing sensors such as daylight, near infrared and thermal cameras. The sensor is the YellowScan Surveyor which is capable of making very accurate and dense data points.

These point clouds are the basis for making a large number of end products such as:

3D terrain models of a terrain

3D Terrain Models where "non-ground" objects such as trees etc. can be removed

Volume calculations of raw materials

3D models of buildings or industrial installations

Mapping of small objects such as high voltage lines

A LiDAR sensor has a number of characteristic advantages over a photogrammetric solution such as measuring ground level under trees and mapping of small objects that are not otherwise seen.

The YellowScan LiDAR system has the following features:

Equipped with a RTK and PPK GNSS system for a very accurate location.

Multi-return laser scanner that can better map the ground level under vegetation;

High-quality stand and orientation meter (IMU) that allows to measure with an accuracy of 5 cm.

The LiDAR system will be flown on an Altura Zenith ATX8 drone or another SKEye used UAV. Under normal circumstances, the ideal flight height is 55 meters, which can accommodate an equally wide strip.