Drone services in French Guiana: inspection, thermography, LiDAR and site monitoring

Time-lapse and filming at the Sainte-Anne hybrid plant

Mana, Sainte-Anne · Voltalia

Time-lapse unit installed for the duration of the hybrid plant construction, first series of shots on 7 October 2026, after footage of the site in October 2025.

Photo coverage of a water tower and a drinking-water intake

Montsinéry-Tonnégrande, Roura · CACL

On 12 October 2026, the water tower under construction in Montsinéry-Tonnégrande; on the 15th, the Comté intake in Roura: pumping station, floating intake and surroundings. Photos delivered the same day each time, as JPG and RAW.

Photogrammetric inspection of launch complex structures

Guiana Space Centre · Inspection body

2026 orthophoto campaign: eight sectors and 6,545 hectares

Matoury, Cayenne, Kourou, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Macouria · EPFA Guyane

Eight perimeters and 6,545 hectares in Cayenne, Kourou, Macouria, Matoury and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, ordered on 2 October 2026, with 10 cm orthophotos required by the specifications. First sector delivered, Sud-Bourg in Matoury (147 ha): four flights on 16 October, 1,909 photos at 3.88 cm per pixel, 3.7 cm planimetric error on five independent check points, orthophotos and reports delivered on 19 October.

• 6 545 ha
• 8 sectors
• 3,7 cm check-point error

Trial analysis of the submerged trees of the Petit-Saut lake

Petit-Saut · Triton Guyane

A 3 ha test plot chosen by the operator to assess the submerged timber resource by drone; mission scheduled for 22 October 2026.

Corporate film for the Petit-Saut sawmill

Petit-Saut · Triton Guyane

Shoots from January to August 2026, from the lake to the sawmill output; 40-second short version in September, full film delivered on 14 October 2026.

Second LiDAR and photogrammetric survey of the Macouria solar plant site

Macouria · Corsica Sole

On 2 October 2026, after topsoil stripping: 8.78 hectares, 517 points per m², 2.97 cm vertical error for LiDAR and 3.07 cm horizontal error for the orthophoto on five check points; deliverables online on 6 October.

• 517 points per m²
• 2,97 cm vertical error

First LiDAR and photogrammetric survey of the Macouria solar plant site

Macouria · Corsica Sole

On 1 September 2026, after clearing: 9 hectares, sixteen targets including ten check points, 1.95 cm vertical error for LiDAR and 2.40 cm horizontal error for the orthophoto; delivered on 3 September, vectorised power lines in DWG on the 14th.

• 1,95 cm vertical error
• 16 targets

Erosion monitoring of the Canal de l’Ouest and Bois Chaudat lake

Kourou · Communauté de communes des Savanes

First of eight campaigns scheduled up to February 2028: flight on 15 September 2026 at low tide, 12 mm orthophoto, mud islets in the northern part of the lake mapped at 22 mm and 34 photos taken from fixed viewpoints; delivered on 17 September, with three Sentinel Cloud accounts.

• 12 mm/px
• 34 reference photos

Survey of 2.8 km of the Fouillée creek

Cayenne, Matoury · CACL

On 10 September 2026, from the roundabout and then by dugout canoe down to the mouth: 15 mm orthophoto of a 50 m strip on either side of the axis, plan of debris jams and bank access points, video of the stretch; delivered on 15 September with twelve months of online access.

• 2,8 km

Thermal survey of a 1,152 kWp plant on three roofs in Matoury

Matoury · Genergies

Purchase order received on 10 September 2026, flights on the 17th over the roofs of three commercial buildings in the Larivot area: 3,523 panels checked; deliverables and Sentinel Cloud access on the 21st.

• 3 523 panels
• 3 roofs

One-day individual remote course: Open category and photogrammetry

French Guiana, remotely

On 24 September 2026 by video call: Open category rules, daylight flying hours in French Guiana, airspace and aeronautical information, flight areas drawn in Google Earth Pro, then automatic flight plans in the afternoon.