Our areas of activity
With very versatile skills, we operate in both the private and public sectors, throughout France and internationally
Since 2017
350 missions
12 000 min of flight
7 000 ha of surveyed area
the equivalent of 10 000 football pitches
Agriculture
Architecture
Environment
Industry
Heritage
Public Sector
Bathymetry
Agriculture
Orthophotography of agricultural land (Carcans - Dept. 33)
Aerial photography by drone taken as part of agricultural land mapping (Commune of Carcans, France).
Drone: DJI Phantom IV PRO V2
Shot taken at a height of 100m
Analysis of vineyard plots (St Emilion - Dept. 33)
Elaboration of an Ortho-Photography of vineyard plots of Château Beauséjour (Commune of St Emilion).
The ortho rectification and assembly of the photographic plates were carried out with the PIX4D software.
Export in Geotiff format allows the image to be integrated as an analysis support in a GIS (Geographic Information System) or spatial analysis software processing chain.
Drone: DJI Matrice M300RTK
Area: 7ha in 4 Lidar flights
Identification of “missing” areas within the plots
Production of a MNT for irrigation (Ivory Coast - Africa)
Production of a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and ortho-photographic supports in Ivory Coast for a cashew nut plantation.The documents were produced from photographic images acquired with a Dji DJI Phantom IV drone.

In order to guarantee the geometric coherence of the photogrammetric point cloud and the precision necessary for hydrological studies (flow model),geodesy work and determination of support points (topographic canvas) was carried out by our teams.
Drone: DJI Phantom IV PRO V2
Area: 1,500ha
52 flights
300 georeferenced support points in UTM30 North
Architecture
Orthophotography of the roof of a school (Bordeaux - Dept. 33)
Ortho-Photography of the roof of the National School of Magistracy (Commune of Bordeaux).

The intervention with the DJI Mavic 3E drone was carried out as part of a study for the repair of the roof and frame of the building.
Drone: DJI Phantom IV PRO V2
Shot taken at a height of 100m
Drone: DJI Mavic 3E
Overlap: 80% horizontal / 80% vertical
Photo realistic 3D model of a castle (Isle d'Adam - Dept. 95)
Photorealistic 3D model of Château Conti (Commune of Isle d'Adam - 95) produced as part of a public lighting study and used for radiometric simulations.

The 3D mesh (Mesh) comes from a photogrammetric calculation from photographic images with 20 M pixels.
Drone: DJI Mavic 3E
Number of photos: approximately 1000
Creation of the mesh using Metashape software
Sub-centimeter pixel precision
Survey by drone for production of roof and facade plans (Blanquefort - Dept. 33)
Drone survey of the castle for the purposes of producing roof and facade plans with nadir and oblique shots.
Drone: DJI Phantom IV PRO V2
Production of 4 facade plans
Roof Inspection of a Technical Building (Gironde)
Drone inspection of the roof to identify sources of thermal leaks as well as defects(cracks, corrosion, foreign bodies, etc.) in order to assess the maintenance plan to be implemented.
DJI Matrice 350 RTK H20T sensor
Flight height 50m
Photogrammetry
Environment
Fusion of topographic data to obtain a digital terrain model (Dordogne)
Fusion of topographic data from terrestrial and bathymetric surveys.The realistic color data (RGB) comes from a Lidar topographic survey campaign acquired by Drone.

The data visible in solid green to red color comes from a campaign of bathymetric measurements.The unification of data makes it possible to obtain a comprehensive digital terrain model with an accuracy of around 10 cm.
Thermal monitoring mission already following a forest fire (Hostens - Dept. 33)
Thermal monitoring mission of hot spots and fumaroles on the Domaine d'Hostens site following the fires in summer 2022 due to the persistence of lignite fires.

Monitoring is carried out using a drone equipped with a thermal camera (ZENMUSE H20T) allowing detect temperature variations between -40 and 550° C according to a flight plan listing the “risk zones”.
Creation of the flight plan by waypoint
Flight height: between 50m and 100m
Creating thermal mapping using ThermalTools software
Orthophotography of a coastline (Cap Ferret - Dept. 33)
Extract from an Orthophotography of Cap Ferret (Gironde) carried out as part of a study concerning the dynamics of the coastline.
Drone: DJI Matrice M300 RTK (P1 sensor)
1 flight
Flight height: 50m
Industry
Measurement of cubatures of piles of wood chips
Topographic survey on industrial site for cubature measurements of piles of wood chips for stock management.
Drone: DJI Matrice M300 RTK (L1 Sensor)
Flight height: 60m
Lidar flight coverage: 70% horizontal / 80% vertical
Topographic survey of an aggregate extraction site
Topographic survey of an industrial aggregate storage site in order to obtain a monthly stock report.
Drone: Matrice 300 RTK
Flight height: 50 m
Extracting volumes by types of materials
Cubature measurement of piles of wood logs
Recording and photogrammetric modeling of piles of wood logs for cubature measurements, and evaluation of extracted silvicultural volumes
Drone: DJI Mavic 3E
Flight height: 25 m
Large-scale woodpile modeling
Volume ≈ 5000 m3
Photovoltaic power plant inspection
Topographic and Thermal Survey in order to identify anomalies of all the panels of a photovoltaic power plant + 3D modeling from the table to the cell
Drone: DJI Matrice 350 RTK sensor P1, L2 and H20T
Flight height 40m
Therma Tools” thermal analysis software
Survey on a Forestry Plot
A flight was conducted over a 25-hectare plot immediately after a storm to determine the number of fallen pine trees and the size of the corresponding trunks. Following the flight, the digital data was classified (ground, trunk, canopy, fallen trunks) and then calibrated (size, diameter at 1.3 m, etc.).
Drone: DJI Matrice 350 RTK L2 sensor
Flight height 50 m
LiDAR
Heritage
Digital twin of one of the most beautiful villages in France (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert - Dept. 34)
Acquisition of the entire municipal territory to obtain a point cloud.This high-density colorized cloud (750 pts/m²) is then classified (vegetation, buildings, soil, etc.).

Finally, the 3D model was produced from the existing constructions and the topography of the site.
Drone: DJI Matrice M300 RTK (P1 sensor)
7 flights and 3 different take-off zones
Flight height: between 50m and 100m
Lidar acquisition of a heritage relic (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert - Dept. 34)
Manual flight carried out to take oblique views in order to produce a very high density point cloud (3000 pts/m²) of the facade of the vestige.

This data makes it possible to faithfully restore the masonry apparatus with a view to its probable restoration.
Drone: DJI Matrice M300 RTK (P1 sensor)
1 oblique flight
Flight height: 30 m
Digital twin of the Cordouan Lighthouse (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
As part of the Patronage agreement between the UNGE of Gironde and the SMIDDEST, Parallèle 45 contributed to the creation of a digital twin of the Cordouan Lighthouse with centimeter precision.
Drone: DJI Matrice 300 RTK P1 and Mavic 3E RTK sensor and terrestrial LiDAR
Flight height 0-80m
LiDAR + Photogrammetry
Facade plan of the bell tower of the St Seurin Church in Vendays-Montalivet
Production of facade plans including 1 'stone by stone' plan of the bell tower, based on a digital twin (point cloud) of a 19th Century church.
Drone: DJI Matrice 350 RTK sensor P1
Flight height 20m
Orthophotographs made by photogrammetry
Digital Twin of the Richemont Farm Memorial
For conservation purposes, we created a twin of the memorial and georeferenced all the pathologies related to the monument's deterioration over time. The photo corresponding to each pathology can be viewed online.
Drone: DJI Matrice 350 RTK H20T sensor and LiDAR L2
Flight height 0-80m
LiDAR + Photogrammetry
Public sector
Reconstruction in open trench (Le Porge – Dept. 33)
Video acquisition of a common multi-network trench with the aim of producing a class A georeferenced as-built plan.

Modeling of pipes with a view to integrating the project into a BIM process.
Drone: DJI Mavic 3E
Flight height: 5 m
150 m of trench
Establishment of 6 equally distributed GCPs
Bathymetry
Production of a digital underwater terrain model (Biganos - Dept. 33)
Production of a digital model of underwater terrain on Lac Vert (Community of BIGANOS) as part of a road redevelopment project.

PARALLELE 45 does not own an aquatic drone. If we have to use this means of acquisition, we are using the rental of a drone system to receive our Teledyne T50P system or other multi-beam system.
Area: 1.5ha
Probing frequency 300 KHz
Maximum depth: 18m
Survey time: 2 hours
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