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Precision Ecology is a startup that collects survey-grade aerial data using drone technology along with state-of-the-art sensors to create digital surface and terrain maps
FREMONT, CA: Precision Ecology, a Florida based startup that uses remote sensing and data to create digital surface and terrain maps through drone technology, was founded by three students - two alumni - of the University of Miami. The perfect mix of friendship, academic support, and varying interests among the three- Alexander Leiva, Benjamin Kling, and Whitaker Redgate - lead to an innovative business startup. This venture idea was proposed by Kling, who graduated with a Master of Arts in international administration in 2021, to benefit Haiti during a social entrepreneurship course. Even though the project had never been completed, Kling always desired to bring change.
During his class project, Kling connected with Redgate, and they then met with Leiva, later all three evaluated how they could focus on social change and impact using drone technologies. Their Florida-based startup collects survey-grade aerial data using drone technology along with state-of-the-art sensors. Whitaker Redgate, a senior student of business administration with a focus on XR design and the system developer for Precision Ecology, stated how they put together all of their experience and understandings of gaps in the system to find where technology can improve something. Precision Ecology's team in collaboration with Wingtra, a mapping drone for large-scale surveys and aerial mapping, can map any location using the photogrammetric concept.
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The process involves extensive drone flights in which several hundred, or thousands, of photos, are captured by Wingtra that are later digitally stitched together into a photorealistic representation of an area known as an orthomosaic, digital terrain map (DTM) or digital surface map (DSM). Alexander Leiva, who graduated with a sports administration degree in 2021, currently works as a Precision Ecology's FAA licensed drone pilot. He stated that an efficient and accurate product for landowners and surveyors to analyze is provided by Precision Ecology's ability to map mass land areas digitally.
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