Managing Parks and Recreation Facilities with senseFly Fixed-Wing Mapping Drones
South Suburban Parks and Recreation of Denver is one of the only parks and recreation departments in the entire U.S. that has deployed drones to handle an extremely high volume of tasks. senseFly’s eBee enables Greg Howe, forestry and horticulture manager, and Matt Blomstrom, GIS coordinator, to create detailed orthomosaic maps of over 100 parks and trails across six cities-covering nearly 50 square miles that make up the south metro area.
The best part? They don’t need to wait for the imagery.
Trail Corridor missions allow South Suburban Parks and Rec. to have a complete inventory of all their trails right down to the surface, which is helpful for seasonal management and repairs. Creek corridor missions allow them to see areas that may need cleaning so they can accurately coordinate with the agency that they partner with to clean the creeks. The result are creeks that are clear, clean and ready to flow water anytime they have a rain event.