One-minute summary! Once you adopt Dock 3 and Meissa, here is how the site changes.
Drone-based surveying has become a fairly common practice on construction sites. Surveying on construction sites once was a manual, labor-intensive task that took more than half a day, but with the introduction of drones it has been dramatically shortened to about three hours on average, while the accuracy and efficiency of surveying have also improved noticeably.
Everyone who has used a drone platform like Meissa agrees that on-site work has become more convenient than with the previous methods. That said, anyone who has operated drones will relate to a bit of hassle that still remains. You have to go out to the site before the flight to set up the equipment, remove the SD card and manually transfer the data once filming is done, and then wait for the analysis results.
Ultimately, as long as the drone is used merely as a 'device,' the operational burden on the site is not fully resolved. This is exactly where the drone automation process is drawing attention. In particular, the launch of DJI's DOCK series has accelerated this trend. Drone automation is now evolving beyond simply saving time into a stage that changes the very way operations are run.
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DJI Dock 3 is the latest hardware for drone automation. You can find detailed information about Dock 3 here. With the aircraft docked, it takes off at a preset time, and after completing its filming mission it lands and recharges automatically.
However, it is hard to achieve complete automation with this equipment alone. In practice, the flight path the drone should take, how the collected data is analyzed, and in what form the results are used all vary depending on site conditions. Drawing on its integration with DJI Dock 2 and its hands-on field operation experience, Meissa has built an automation system that also integrates reliably with Dock 3. With Meissa, you can go beyond simple aircraft control to custom-automate the entire workflow, from data collection to platform utilization.
Meissa is a drone platform that designs and supports the entire operation. From the pre-flight path to GCP (Ground Control Point) setup and on-site image analysis, everything is processed automatically within Meissa's servers, so from now on your site managers only need to log in to the platform and immediately review and use the analyzed results, such as orthophotos, 3D models, time-series change comparisons, and earthwork volume calculations. No separate billing system is needed for integration with Dock 3, and because the captured images are automatically transmitted to Meissa's servers, data security is also ensured.
When an automation system like this is introduced, real change occurs on the site. First, the time it takes from the drone flight to receiving the analysis results is cut by more than 95%. With less burden of operating drone flights, more frequent regular filming becomes possible, and you can track construction progress in far greater detail. For projects with large sites or complex processes, such as civil engineering or urban construction, you are likely to feel the benefits of automation even more strongly. It is also a great help in reducing the workload when periodic report submissions are required, as in public projects.
Drones have now evolved from 'equipment you fly' into 'systems that work on their own.' Whenever a new technology like DJI Dock 3 emerges, Meissa works with you to figure out and implement how that equipment can be used optimally on-site. If drone automation has felt vague to you until now, we invite you to experience a fully automated system with no operational burden, together with Meissa.
