Mapping 75km of Cornish coastline, from the air
Large-scale coastal data capture for geological assessments.
Cormac was tasked with delivering high-accuracy survey models across a vast stretch of Cornish coastline, covering cliff faces, foreshore and inaccessible terrain to support geological and geotechnical assessments for the mineral extraction sector.
The deliverables had to be precise enough to underpin downstream engineering decisions, and broad enough to give a continuous picture of the entire site.
Sector:
- Mineral extraction
- Government
- Civil engineering
- Ecology
- Geological
- Geotechnical
- Structural
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A coastline-scale capture, in numbers.
Over roughly sixty processing days, two Cormac operatives delivered a survey of unprecedented scope, covering terrain that on-foot teams simply could not safely or practically reach.
75 km
of coastline captured
19 km²
area surveyed
156k
images captured
34B
points created
149k
images processed
~1,000
ground control points
~350
ortho tiles generated
60
full processing days
Outcome: The project's commercial return helped fund Cormac's next-generation UAS & sensor investment.
Hardware
The DJI M300 RTK and M400, flown with the Zenmuse P1 and H30T, gave Cormac the endurance, payload flexibility and image quality required for surveygrade output at coastal scale.
DJI Matrice 300 RTK
PLATFORM · UAS
Workhorse RTK platform with the endurance and reliability for long-line coastal flights.
DJI Matrice 400
PLATFORM · UAS
Next-generation airframe with extended flight time and payload flexibility.
Zenmuse P1
SENSOR · PHOTOGRAMMETRY
45 MP full-frame photogrammetry, the workhorse for ortho and pointcloud generation.
Zenmuse H30T
SENSOR · MULTI-PAYLOAD
Hybrid wide / zoom / thermal / laser, capturing situational data alongside the photogrammetric pass.
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