Kourou

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

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

Measurement of a specialised care home building

Kourou · Voltadom

Distance between the lines of coach screws measured for each roof, flown as low as possible; delivered on 17 September 2026.

Introductory course in drone piloting and photogrammetry

Kourou · SAFER de Guyane

From 6 to 9 July 2026, four trainees: Open category (A1/A3 and A2), with the A2 online course and exam alongside, then photogrammetry through to processing in Agisoft Metashape, QGIS and Global Mapper. Practice flights over one of the agency’s plots at Wayabo.

• 4 trainees
• 4 days

Online tools to prepare the remote pilot certificate

Kourou · Communauté de communes des Savanes

Two places on the online course and exam for the A2 subcategory (C2-class drones) for the authority’s staff, July 2026.

Third volume survey of the Kourou biomass plant stockpiles

Kourou · Voltalia

From 9 to 13 March 2026, 16 mm orthophoto, after the April and October 2025 visits.

Three-day photogrammetry course in Kourou

Kourou

From 23 to 25 March 2026, for a Guianese company’s drone pilot.

Photogrammetric survey of the Kourou biomass plant

Kourou · Voltalia

Drone-pilot courses for research laboratories and local authorities

Kourou, Matoury · CNRS, CIRAD, Matoury municipality, Office de l’eau de Guyane

Drone-pilot course in Kourou from 17 to 29 October 2025 for two laboratories, piloting courses for a municipality and for the Water Office.

Roof photography in the Canal Leroy area

Kourou · SATTAS

On 7 July 2025, under an exemption, as the town of Kourou lies in a regulated zone; further visits in August.

First stockpile survey at the Kourou biomass plant

Kourou · Voltalia

On 7 April 2025: 14 mm orthophoto and volume plan; second visit on 6 October 2025.

RTK photogrammetric survey of Kourou beach at low tide

Kourou beach · BRGM Guyane

Vertical and 45° oblique imagery from 80 m, finer than 2.5 cm per pixel with 80% overlap in both directions, positioned by RTK on the Kourou GNSS antenna; raw data delivered to BRGM, which carried out the processing.

• 2,5 cm per pixel at most

Orthophotos of the three lakes of Kourou

Kourou · Communauté de communes des Savanes

Request of 11 October 2024; one flight plan per lake, a corridor on Bois Diable, a full grid on Marie-Claire, a crossed grid around Bois Chaudat without flying over the water, and control points measured on the ground. Delivered on 28 November: three orthophotos at 13 mm, three at 39 mm and three surface models.

• 13 mm/px
• 3 lakes

2 cm orthophoto of the Vieux Bourg port and the Îles du Salut boarding area

Vieux Bourg harbour, Kourou · Hydreco

Photogrammetric survey in late November 2024 for an environmental laboratory: 2 cm per pixel orthophoto of the Kourou port and the boarding area for the islands.

• 2 cm per pixel

Two drone-pilot courses with field practice at Matiti

Kourou, Matiti

Sessions on 30 September and 14 October 2024, field day accompanied by the military control centre.

Update of a farm’s plot plan

Wayabo, Kourou · Farm

Photogrammetric flights at 120 m on 29 and 30 October, under special authorisation, to update the plan drawn up in 2020.

Photos, orthophotos and videos of the Kourou estuary mudflats

Mouth of the Kourou river · OFB

For a shorebird study: two visits, on 31 October over both banks and on 7 November 2024 over the right bank, at times chosen according to the tides and the bird migration.

• 2 visits

Drone-pilot course from 1 to 12 July 2024

Kourou

LiDAR survey of the Savane des Pères

Savane des Pères, Kourou · Parc naturel régional de la Guyane

Aerial photos of rooftop photovoltaic plants for communication

Kourou, Mana, Javouhey · Albioma Solaire Guyane

Top-down view, overall and close-up photos of each site: a roof in Kourou in late December 2023, then schools and guesthouses in Mana and Javouhey on 12 January 2024.

Orthophoto coverage of 12,647 hectares of inhabited French Guiana

Cayenne, Matoury, Rémire-Montjoly, Macouria, Kourou, Cacao · EPFA Guyane

From 4 December 2023 to 1 March 2024: eight sectors at 3.5 cm per pixel, 343 flights, 184,464 photos, 50 ground control and 26 check points; ECW and JP2 orthophotos accepted on 7 March 2024.

• 12 647 ha
• 184 464 photos
• 343 flights

RTX/PPP positioning tests

Kourou

Measured accuracy of 1.1 cm in X, 1.6 cm in Y and 7 mm in Z, for missions without an RTK network.

Thermal surveys of ground-mounted plants for a partner operator

Macouria, Kourou

Visible and thermal orthophotos of several plants, delivered on the partner’s analysis platform with quality control of the flight lines; flights postponed in the rainy season when irradiance drops below 600 W/m².

LiDAR and photogrammetry on an active quarry and two project sites

Kourou, Roura · Inflights / Amarenco

Colourised LiDAR acquisitions and ground control points in Kourou, then at Roche Tablon (Roura); stockpile volumes computed.