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Professional drone guides — page 23

EU regulations, real prices, mission preparation: concrete answers before commissioning a drone service.

• Forest carbon inventory by drone LiDAR: biomass, Label bas-carbone, priceHow a drone LiDAR measures forest biomass and carbon stock, its place in CNPF Label bas-carbone projects, and observed 2026 pricing.
• Drone-based gas and methane leak detection (LDAR): method, ICPE regulations and priceHow a drone fitted with an OGI camera or a laser sensor detects and quantifies VOC and methane leaks on a regulated industrial site, under the 2026 LDAR obligations, and observed pricing.
• Wildlife counting by drone: method, regulatory framework and priceHow a drone fitted with a thermal camera counts a deer herd, a bird colony or a wild boar population, the regulatory framework that applies, and 2026 pricing.
• Archaeological survey by drone: photogrammetry, LiDAR, method and priceHow a drone documents an archaeological site by photogrammetry or LiDAR, reveals buried structures through crop marks, and 2026 pricing.
• Beach lifeguard drone: swimming safety, shark detection, priceHow a lifeguard drone helps rescue posts spot a swimmer in difficulty or a shark near shore, the regulatory framework and 2026 pricing.
• Medical drone delivery: regulatory framework, examples and feasibility in FranceWhere drone delivery of blood and medicine stands worldwide, what published studies show, and under what conditions a pilot project is feasible in France.
• Drone crack diagnosis after drought (subsidence): method and price for insuranceHow a drone documents façade cracks linked to clay-shrinkage subsidence for a natural-disaster insurance claim, and 2026 pricing.
• Drone forest-fire prevention patrol: early smoke detection and priceHow a drone patrol detects a forest-fire outbreak within its first minutes, alongside human surveillance, the regulatory framework and 2026 pricing.
• Water network leak detection by drone: method and price for a municipalityHow a drone fitted with a thermal camera spots a leak on a buried drinking-water network, alongside conventional methods, and 2026 pricing.
• Railway track and infrastructure inspection by drone: method and priceHow a drone documents the condition of a railway track, embankment or rail bridge alongside operations, the specific regulatory framework and 2026 pricing.
• Traffic counting by drone: circulation study for a municipality and priceHow a drone films a junction or a road to produce detailed traffic data (flows, travel times, conflicts), and 2026 pricing.
• Glacier and mountain terrain monitoring by drone: photogrammetry and climate trackingHow a drone documents a glacier's retreat or the evolution of an unstable mountain slope, the specific regulatory framework and 2026 pricing.
• Illegal dumping and dumps: what a drone can (and cannot) legally doMapping an illegal dump, measuring its volume, tracking how it grows: what a drone provider can legally do for a local authority, and the strict limit set by France's Constitutional Council in 2022.
• Aerial drone photography for a building permit application: landscape insertion and priceWhat French planning law requires in photographs (DP5 to DP8), what a drone aerial shot adds to the landscape-insertion photomontage, the flight's regulatory framework, and 2026 pricing.
• Vegetation mapping under power lines by drone LiDAR: the legal clearance obligation and priceHow a drone LiDAR survey maps vegetation along a power line for France's legal clearance obligation, who is responsible for paying, and observed 2026 pricing.
• Flood and water damage assessment by drone: mapping, insurance evidence, priceHow a drone maps a flooded area and documents water damage for an insurance claim, the regulatory framework that applies, and observed 2026 pricing.
• Church steeple and heritage building drone inspection: method, authorisations and priceInspecting a church steeple or listed façade without scaffolding: drone method, who must authorise it (municipality, DRAC, ABF) and 2026 diagnostic pricing.
• Drone footage of an event: what French law says about crowds, and the 2026 priceFestival, race, trade show: can a drone film the crowd? What French rules say about assemblies of people, and prices observed in 2026.
• Water tower inspection by drone: method, regulations and priceHow a drone inspects a water tower without scaffolding or draining it: cracks, waterproofing, seepage thermography, regulations and 2026 pricing.
• Vehicle fleet counting by drone for car lots: method, accuracy and priceDealership, rental fleet, port: how a drone counts and locates hundreds of vehicles within minutes, the method's real accuracy, and 2026 pricing.
• Industrial site surveillance by autonomous drone: how it works, regulations and priceHow a drone-in-a-box patrols an industrial site at night, what the STS-01/STS-02 specific-category rules mean since 2026, and observed 2026 pricing.