ALTERNATIVES
Alternative
Wide Area
High-Res
On-Demand
Affordable
The Weak Spot
USGS LANDFIRE / Sentinel 2
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Free, but 30 m & years stale
Maxar / Planet satellite
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Cloud-blocked, costly, slow tasking
Manned aircraft LiDAR
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$50K–$200K, booked months out
Quadcopter drones
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Range cap kills county-scale survey, especially in
rural
StratoScout
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Balloon-launched UAS, ~$500 / drone, ~$50 /
flight
We have the speed, breadth, and affordability at high rez needed by emergency managers.