Maximizing Uncrewed Systems for Surveying in 2025

For today’s surveying professionals, drones are an essential piece of equipment. On countless surveying projects around the world, uncrewed systems have shown their ability to save time, improve safety, and facilitate the collection of vast amounts of quality data.

As a result, surveyors and mappers have adopted uncrewed systems to such an extent that workflows have become standardized, the use of off-the-shelf mapping systems has become commonplace, and it is no longer a novelty to see drones augment the work of field crews. Given the high level of drone integration in surveying, this year’s Commercial UAV Expo has created a dedicated Surveyor Itinerary and a Drone Surveying Best Practices roundtable discussion to help industry professionals maximize their use of these systems.

And, to further help surveyors best deploy drone technology, our upcoming webinar will feature leading experts discussing the state of drone use in surveying in 2025. They will:

• Present use cases that demonstrate the power of drone technology.
• Discuss best practices to ensure surveyors are getting the most out of their systems.
• Explore the regulatory and technological challenges that continue to face surveyors.
• Look to the future to see how advances in uncrewed systems will unlock even greater value.

Learn how to better use drones in your surveying projects—register now to secure your spot!

Speakers

Juan Plaza, CEO, Plaza Aerospace

Juan received a degree in Geodesy and a master in digital photogrammetry from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a MBA in international Finance from Florida International University. He has over 750 hours of experience in photogrammetry navigation and camera operation in aircraft as varied as WWII B-25, Cessna 310, Lear Jet 25C and Piper Aztec. Juan holds a Commercial, Multi-engine Pilot certificate. Juan has been selling mapping UAV’s in Latin America for four years and is a frequent guest speaker in events where the safety of flying UAV’s and the fact that unmanned and manned aircraft inevitably will share the same airspace, is a relevant topic. He is the CEO of Plaza Aerospace Corp., a services’ firm specializing in UAV and general aviation issues.

Logan Campbell, CEO, Aerotas

Logan is the founder and CEO of Aerotas. Aerotas provides complete drone solutions for land surveyors, including drone program implementation and drone photogrammetry & CAD linework drafting service. Logan holds ASPRS UAS Mapping Scientist Certificate #002. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 2015 and brings experience in a broad range of industries, including agriculture, real estate, and finance. A lifelong tinkerer and avid drone enthusiast, Logan also has hundreds of hours of flight experience over a broad set of different drone types.

Larry Donelson, CEO & Co-Founder, InTerra

Larry is the CEO of InTerra, which created the SmarTarget™ system for surveyors using drone photogrammetry to create topographic models. Their simple design allows users to take one trip to the field, then process all imagery with ground control points into a final deliverable. He is a resourceful, innovative problem solver with meticulous attention to detail during 30 years’ experience in engineering design, software implementation, and project management.