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Cut depth map of an open pit design, pale yellow at the crest to deep purple at the deepest point, over hillshaded terrain with contours

October 8, 2026

Open Pit Volumes from Drone LiDAR: Designing a Pit on a Real Surface and Counting Every Cubic Metre

How open pit, cut and fill and stockpile volumes are calculated from drone LiDAR: a benched pit with a spiral ramp designed onto a real northern surface, with the cut volume broken out by bench. Mining surveying from Prince George, Edmonton, Vancouver and Whitehorse.

Survey drone hovering over a quarry pad with forested hillside behind

October 8, 2026

Drone Surveying in BC and Alberta: Photogrammetry, LiDAR, and Which One Your Project Needs

Drone surveying in BC and Alberta explained: when a photogrammetry flight is right, when drone LiDAR is the only way to see the ground, and how PCI chooses for each site. Real point clouds from a northern BC flight. Crews in Edmonton, Prince George, Vancouver and Whitehorse.

Cross-section through a drone LiDAR point cloud over forest, ground in tan and vegetation in green

September 4, 2026

What a Drone LiDAR Survey Actually Delivers

What you get from a drone LiDAR survey: classified point cloud, bare-earth terrain model, contours, canopy height model, slope analysis and orthophoto, with the formats each deliverable arrives in and how accuracy is reported.

Fixed-wing mapping drone staged in a fall-colour cutline in the Yukon backcountry

September 4, 2026

Drone LiDAR Surveying in the Yukon

Drone LiDAR surveying across the Yukon from Whitehorse: bare-earth terrain under forest canopy, placer and exploration ground, corridors and communities. Survey-grade point clouds with GNSS control, delivered Civil 3D-ready.

Featured image for lidar surveing near Prince George, BC for a bare earth point cloud.

March 9, 2025

LiDAR Surveyor Prince George

Need LiDAR surveying in Prince George? PCI Surveys provides precise terrain mapping for construction, mining, and environmental using advanced technology.

Lidar Surveying Services Alberta, BC and Yukon

September 8, 2024

LiDAR Surveying AB, BC and YT

PCI Surveys LiDAR surveying in Alberta, BC, and Yukon delivers high-precision bare earth point clouds for construction, mining, and environmental projects.

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