Down To Earth

Drone LiDAR and Reality Series Down to Earth, Cougar Country, Webinar Now On Demand


Watch the Webinar Premiere of Down to Earth, Cougar Country, Anytime on Demand

Down to Earth, a surveying reality series that shows how real surveyors collect data and turn it into real deliverables, despite challenging conditions, rugged terrain and hidden dangers, is proud to present the webinar premiere of Project 3, Cougar Country. CLICK HERE to register and watch the webinar premiere.

These next 3 episodes of Down to Earth, venture into “Cougar Country” where we join the Southwestern Florida Cougar Companies as they use Drone LiDAR Surveying Equipment to provide more detailed topographic surveys. However, they have to contend with the unpredictable Florida weather as they try to collect data, confirm fill quantities, and stay on budget. Watch as the Cougar Companies fly ahead of their competition and use drone LiDAR technology to provide a more thorough picture of sites both pre and post-construction.

This premiere will feature the 3 episodes of Down to Earth, Cougar Country, along with exclusive behind-the-scenes mission planning, data capture and analysis of the final deliverables narrated by the professionals involved in the project.

The first episode introduces Adam Murphree, Director of Technology for Cougar Companies, and explains how he’s using drone Lidar Technology to the companies’ advantage.  

“Drone LiDAR gives you the ability to get through trees and still get data from the surface, and it does it in a fraction of the photogrammetry processing time,” Murphree said. “That’s huge. A dataset that might take half a day to process with photogrammetry is done in 10 to 15 minutes with LiDAR.”

For Episodes 2 and 3 you’ll follow Adam as he contends with heavy equipment, active construction sites and the gusty winds of Florida to get the job done.

“These next episodes of Down to Earth show how the Cougar Companies are taking advantage of drone Lidar technology to not only be more efficient, but to win more projects and grow their business,” said Microdrones Marketing Director Bret Burghdurf. “Being on site at the various construction jobs give you a much better sense of the scope and size of the projects that the Cougar Companies are dealing with and how drone surveying equipment from Microdrones gives them an edge on their competition. But, producing these episodes definitely wasn’t a breeze, thanks to some blustery conditions. Dealing with the Florida weather made for some exciting episodes of Down to Earth.”

Find out if the Cougar Companies can deliver in circumstances that try even the most experienced pilots.