Dive Brief:
- Lehmann Aviation, a manufacturer of lightweight aircrafts in France, has created a drone specifically engineered to view landfills from the air and calculate the volume of waste at a landfill site. The device is now priced at less than 4,000 euro.
- The drone is touted by Lehmann as having the capability to render a series of images with more accuracy than measuring the surface of landfills manually at the ground level. The company maintains the device creates efficiency, as traditional measuring methods are more time-consuming to produce.
- The drone, paired with an attached camera, captures aerial photos that include coordinates, allowing the user to generate 3D models using computer software.
