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Aerial data, explained in plain language.
Aerial data is only worth what you can read off it. These are plain-language explainers (no jargon, no acronym soup) on what a drone actually captures, how those numbers and pictures get made, and how to turn them into a decision on the ground. Written from the company's own demonstration captures here in the South Okanagan, so the examples are real, not stock.
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Three reads that cover the questions we get asked most: what the colours on a crop map mean, how a volume figure is actually calculated, and why an explorable 3D model tells you more than a folder of photos ever could.
Crop health
What drone multispectral mapping actually shows you in a vineyard
NDVI, NDRE, GNDVI: the indices explained in plain terms, what relative vigor maps can and can't tell you, and how to hand them to your agronomist.
How drone stockpile volume measurement works
From overlapping photos to a volume figure: how a pile gets turned into a 3D surface, why a clean base plane matters, and what "inventory and management" numbers really mean.
Why an interactive 3D twin beats flat photos
What you gain when you can orbit, measure, and scrub through a property instead of flipping through stills, and where a true-to-scale digital twin earns its keep.
More explainers are on the way. Every example you'll read here comes from Kendal Ventures' own demonstration captures (the Summerland vineyard report, the Blair Street residential twin, and the Cedar Creek terrain model), flown and processed in-house.
- Transport Canada-certified RPAS pilot
- Captured & processed in-house
- RTK positioning workflow
- Summerland, BC
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