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Notes from the field, and from the pipeline.
Working notes on aerial intelligence for industrial operators — aeromagnetic exploration, stockpile economics, geospatial engineering, and the decisions good data makes possible.
Guide · 8 min read
What is stockpile volume measurement, and how accurate can it actually get?
A working guide to drone-based stockpile measurement — methods, accuracy envelopes, GCP strategy, and why weighbridge reconciliation is non-negotiable.
Read the guideAnalysis · 10 min read
Drone aeromagnetic vs fixed-wing: where each approach wins.
A frank comparison of economics, resolution, and operational fit. Drone is not always the answer; it’s the right answer more often than most exploration managers assume.
Read the analysisBrief · 6 min read
The ₹6-crore argument for replacing rope-and-tape.
A worked example of moving a 500,000-tonne coal yard from 5% manual-survey variance to 1.5% drone-measured variance — and what it means on the balance sheet.
Read the briefBrief · 5 min read
Five questions a CFO should ask their stockpile auditor.
If you can’t get clean answers to these five, your closing inventory number is a negotiation — not a measurement.
Read the briefAnalysis · 12 min read
The counter-UAS landscape, honestly mapped.
What actually works, what’s marketing, and what the threat envelope looks like for Indian critical infrastructure. Written for operators and policy leads.
Read the analysisThinking · 7 min read
Why geospatial platforms compound — and drone services don’t.
A platform thesis written for investors and operators. Why the data moat in industrial intelligence is real, where it comes from, and how to tell a platform from a services business.
Read the essayMore working notes published on a regular cadence. Point us at a topic you’d like addressed.
From reading to doing
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