Drone Surveys in Salerno and Across Campania

A drone flight over the Salerno area doesn't just produce beautiful aerial images: it produces measurable data. With photogrammetry we turn hundreds of georeferenced shots into a faithful model of reality — orthophotos, 3D point clouds, surface models — on which you can measure distances, calculate volumes and track the progress of a site without setting foot on the ground again.

We work out of Caggiano (SA), in the Tanagro river area next to the Vallo di Diano, in the heart of the province of Salerno. We're not a service managed from a distance: we know the varied morphology of this territory — the Cilento coast, the farmland plain of the Piana del Sele, the inland mountain districts of the Vallo di Diano and the Picentini area — and this lets us plan flights quickly, choose the right windows and reach the site without long trips.

And we're not speaking hypothetically: in the province of Salerno we've already worked at real scale. For CONSAC we carried out the digital mapping and advanced diagnostics of more than 50 towns in the province, with drone-based aerial thermography among the technologies employed and the data catalogued on a WebGIS platform. It's proof of our method applied right here, in the Salerno area.

What we survey with the drone

Aerial photogrammetry, optionally combined with ground-level shots, reconstructs the real geometry of an area or a structure from high-resolution images with controlled overlap. The products we deliver:

• High-resolution georeferenced orthophotos — aerial images corrected geometrically, on which you can measure directly to scale, perfect as an up-to-date base for site plans and projects.
• 3D point clouds and photogrammetric models — millions of surveyed points describing terrain, buildings and infrastructure; the basis for sections, profiles and 3D modelling.
• Digital terrain and surface models (DTM/DSM) — for morphological analysis, slope studies and preliminary hydraulic assessments, particularly useful in the hilly and mountainous areas of the Salerno hinterland.
• CAD drawings (DWG/PDF) — a vector rendering of what was surveyed, ready for your design workflow.

Aerial surveying covers in a few hours surfaces that would take days on the ground, while keeping a uniform data density across the whole area: a concrete advantage on an extensive and rugged territory like the province.

Who it's for, here on the ground

Drone surveying with photogrammetry is designed for those in the Salerno area and Campania who need to design, account for or monitor based on reliable data:

• Construction companies and works supervisors — up-to-date as-built status, volumes, progress and documentation for tenders and inspections, from sites in the Piana del Sele to works in the inland areas.
• Technical firms, engineers and surveyors in the area — a georeferenced base and CAD drawings on which to set up the project, without having to commission the survey out of region.
• Quarries, earthworks and aggregate management — periodic volume measurement and cut/fill balances, essential in the extraction areas of the hinterland.
• Agricultural businesses in the Piana del Sele and the Vallo di Diano — mapping of plots, surface analysis and support for land management.
• Authorities, network operators and municipalities — extensive territorial surveys that integrate into GIS and digital twins, as already done at provincial scale for CONSAC.

How we work: from flight to deliverable

A reliable survey is a process, not a single shot. Our typical workflow:

1. Site visit and flight planning — we define the area, altitude, overlap and accuracy based on the goal. A quarry volume calculation and a detailed rendering of a historic building in the Vallo di Diano don't call for the same flight plan, and local morphology affects obstacles and operating windows.
2. Field acquisition — georeferenced aerial captures; where greater metric precision is needed, we integrate ground control points (GCPs) to anchor the model.
3. Photogrammetric processing — generation of the point cloud, orthophotos and surface models, with data quality control.
4. Rendering and export — delivery in the formats you actually use: LAS/LAZ, GeoTIFF, DWG/DXF, XYZ, OBJ/PLY, IFC and PDF drawings, so the survey flows straight into your CAD, GIS and BIM environments.

Drone capability is in-house within our company: we plan and fly ourselves, with no intermediaries. We operate from our base in Caggiano (SA), with offices in Roma and Potenza, and throughout Italy.

Volume analysis, earthworks and work progress

The value of a photogrammetric survey isn't just seeing: it's measuring and comparing. From the 3D models we extract the information needed by anyone managing sites, quarries, storage yards and infrastructure in the area:

• Volume calculation of stockpiles, excavations and stored materials, with cut/fill reports.
• Earthworks and balances between as-built and as-designed states.
• Work progress documented over time: repeated flights over the same area allow successive states to be compared and the site to be tracked objectively — useful for progress reports (SAL), accounting and the management of reserves.
• Profiles and sections that can be exported, along with tracking of areas of interest.

It's the same repeatable monitoring approach we apply in our data-engineering projects across the territory: compare, track, anticipate — instead of relying on spot measurements.

Pricing: what it depends on and how to start

The most frequent question is "how much does a drone survey in Salerno cost?". There is no single price, because a single flight for an orthophoto and a detailed 3D rendering with ground control points are different jobs. The quote depends on a few clear factors:

• Size and morphology of the area (hectares, elevation changes, obstacles) — and on this territory the difference between plains and inland areas truly matters.
• Accuracy required and whether or not ground control points (GCPs) are needed.
• Expected deliverables (orthophoto only, or point cloud, models, CAD drawings, BIM format).
• Repetition over time for monitoring work progress.

The principle holds across all our data engineering: measuring in a planned way costs far less than deciding by estimate and correcting in an emergency. Tell us where the site is — in the Vallo di Diano, the Cilento, the Piana del Sele, the Picentini area or elsewhere in Campania — and the goal of the survey: we'll arrange a site visit and send you a transparent quote, with the exact list of deliverables and delivery formats.