Drone services for golf courses

Terrain models and contours across the full property support drainage work, bunker and green reconstruction, irrigation planning and long range course design. Low point and flow analysis comes out of the same surface model.

Multispectral flights show turf stress across greens, fairways and roughs before symptoms are visible from the cart path, which turns a reactive problem into a scheduled one. Repeat flights through the season let a superintendent see whether an intervention worked.

Multi course programs run under one contract and one invoice with a consistent capture specification across every property, so the data is comparable club to club. Out of province courses are delivered through a coordinated pilot network. Hole by hole visual assets for club marketing are quoted alongside.

Services used most in this sector

• Aerial mapping and terrain models
• Multispectral crop and vegetation mapping
• Aerial photography, video and event coverage

Common questions

Do you need lidar to map a golf course?

Both are available and the choice comes down to tree cover. Maintained turf is close to the ideal case for photogrammetry, which delivers the terrain accuracy a course needs plus a full resolution image of the property. Heavily treed properties are where lidar earns its cost, and we fly both.

Can you map several courses under one contract?

Yes. Multi course programs run on one contract and one invoice with a consistent capture specification across every property, so the data is comparable. Out of province courses are delivered through a coordinated pilot network.

Can you show turf stress before it is visible?

A multispectral flight produces index maps that reveal stress ahead of visible symptoms, which is what makes them useful to a superintendent rather than merely interesting.

When should a course be flown?

Around the maintenance calendar and course traffic. Early morning before play is typical, and repeat flights through the season allow comparison over time.