Hi all! I’m hoping you all can help me make an educated decision about getting into the Lidar game. I have a drone service company and over the past six years have been providing RGB mapping (generally in timber) along with Multi-spectral (Agriculture), and lots of feature film work. I’m considering adding aerial Lidar services to the list.
The problem is that I don’t know what I don’t know so any comments or help is very much appreciated. Is there even a market for Lidar as a service? By that I mean, do survey companies generally have/purchase their own systems, or would they prefer to farm it out?
What is the target market? Since I’m not a licensed surveyor, should I be targeting survey companies or engineering firms?
Getting into Lidar would be very expensive for my small company. How and how much do you charge? Is it by the hour, daily, by the job, by the acre,…?
Thank you in advance for helping me make this big decision.