Questions & answers

The questions people ask me most, answered here.

How the flying works, who owns the data, what we publish, and how pricing is scoped. If your question isn't here, ask us through the contact page.

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  • Summerland · South Okanagan

The flying

Aircraft, airspace, and weather.

Do you need permission to fly over my property?

Yours, yes: we only fly a property at the owner's or client's request. Flights are flown by a Transport Canada-certified RPAS pilot and planned against current Canadian aviation rules. Airspace is checked during flight planning, and if your site needs additional authorization, that comes up in the first conversation, before anything is booked.

What weather do you fly in?

Mapping needs low wind, and the multispectral camera needs steady light. If the day isn't right, I rebook. I'd rather wait than fly you bad data.

How fast do I get my deliverables?

The delivery date is whatever I write in your quote, based on what your site needs. I process everything on my own machines here in Summerland, so your job isn't stuck waiting in someone else's queue.

Data & privacy

Your property, your data.

Who owns the data you capture?

You do. Once I hand the files over, they're yours. Everything published on this site is our own demonstration capture; client work appears publicly only with written permission.

What about my neighbours?

I plan flights over your property. If a neighbour's land shows up at the edge of a frame, we never publish it.

And on privacy: this site sets no tracking cookies. Nothing is watching you read this.

What happens to the information in my quote request?

I use it to reply to you and nothing else. No mailing lists, no selling it on.

Working with us

Scope, pricing, and what you receive.

Where do you work?

The South Okanagan: Summerland, Penticton, Naramata, Peachland, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, West Kelowna, and Kelowna.

How does pricing work?

Every job is scoped in a short call, then quoted in writing with explicit scope and deliverables. There's no public price list because terrain, area, and deliverables genuinely change the work. The quote spells out the scope, so there are no surprises. If the job changes, we talk about it before any extra work happens.

What formats do deliverables come in?

Georeferenced maps in NAD83(CSRS), plain-language PDF reports, interactive 3D you open in a browser, and point-cloud or mesh exports on request, all handed over in a shared client folder.

Are there jobs you don't take?

Yes. Anything that's a regulated professional's call (legal property questions, engineering sign-off, treatment decisions for your vines) gets handed to the right professional, and we say so up front. My data helps them make the call. It doesn't replace them.

Every inquiry gets a reply within one business day. Request a quote.

Still curious

Have a question I didn't cover? Just ask.

Tell me about your site and what you need, and I'll tell you straight what I can do and when.