Vertical Aerial Photography

Images are captured via our aircraft belly-mounted camera system. This provides a 'true vertical' image unlike some competitors who 'lean out of heilicopters or aircraft' and point, as best they can, downwards in an attempt to replicate our system. 

	Vertical Camera System The Vertical Camera Mount is located in the floor of the aircraft. Our Digital Camera is mounted into the vertical camera mount This capturres the 'birds eye view' and provides a 'true' vertical image.

For a small site,

Depending on the height flown, a vertical photograph can be made up of a single vertical image. An example of this is 'outback spectacular' image displayed in the below slide show.

For larger sites,

We take a number of vertical images and stitch them together to generate a mosaic of the photographs, to be presented as a "Photo Map". An exampe of this is the 'Wet n Wild' image displayed in the below slide show and all of the large images displayed below that.

Vertical Aerial Photography provides our clients with a direct overhead view (a 'birds eye view') which is ideal for

• Development Progress
• Planning & Site Evaluation
• Construction Site Progress
• Traffic Management Studies
• Asset & Resource Management
• Golf Course Drainage & Layout.

Here are some examples. Please be patient as they load and rotate through.

Note: Aerial HotShots does not geo-code images ( ie. associating the image to a latitude and longitude or a physical address) and does not orth-rectify images (ie. straightening and flattens an image so that the scale is the same anywhere on the image. This is costly and requires specialist aircraft and equipment.

SO HOW DO WE TAKE THESE VERTICAL PHOTOGRAPHS???

Lets look at the Vertical we did of the Paradise Waters Suburb as an example.

We flew 3 separate runs, from left to right, and took 15 images per run, a total of 45 images (Not all shown here)

We then digitally stitched the 3 runs together to form one large photo map.

And the finished product...................................

This involved the stitching together of 45 images.

Development Progress (small subdivision)

A small subdivision measuring 2km x 1.4km

Planning & Site Evaluation (Large Development)

A large subdivision measuring 5.5km x 3.0 km. The area circled in Red (below) is the small subdivision shown above.

Traffic Management Studies

The Tugun Bypass in July 2008 measuring 7km x 2km.

and ...Airport dve, Brisbane Airport - from the motorway to the internaltional terminal at 7am measuring 4km x 1km.

Asset & Resource Management

The Coolmunda Dam showing the recreational areas, dam wall, spillway and undeveloped land and measuring 4.5 x 1km.

The Hinze Dam on the Gold Coast in January 2008, just before the start of construction for Stage 3.

Golf Courses

Keperra Golf Country Club.... ideal for planning, marketing, display and as a keep sake for members.