Transforming Neilly Group's drone data
GeoNadir has recently helped Australian engineering firm, Neilly Group, transform their drone mapping data workflows, increasing staff efficiency and the speed they are able to create insights from the data. But they are not stopping there, with GeoNadir now helping them transform the way they manage all their Earth observation data – all 50+ TB and growing!
Neilly Group are specialists in surface water and engineering for the environment. Their staff have considerable experience in gully erosion remediation; rehabilitation of degraded waterways; and the design and monitoring of large-scale waterway diversions and levees for the mining industry. They have 19 staff in multiple offices around Australia, with their HQ in Townsville.
They are experienced users of Earth observation data and have been using drones for a number of years to collect data for their clients’ projects. With over 1,500 flights they have a significant collection of data that needs to be managed appropriately.
Solving their frustrations
Neilly Group was struggling with making this large and growing repository of data discoverable for their staff. They were also relying on a single staff member to process, manage, and share the data from their Drone Deploy account, which was not working for the workflow they wanted to employ. This was causing frustration within the team as they wrestled with their data, reducing staff efficiency and resulting in data being recaptured, or data exploitation opportunities simply being lost. They wanted a more efficient and cost-effective solution.
Neilly Group came across GeoNadir after GeoNadir co-founder Paul, reached out to them offering a better solution.
Our solution for them
GeoNadir provided Neilly Group with a Pro + plan to allow access to multiple people to upload data to a single workspace. This workspace can be accessed by all the staff at Neilly Group with various user permission levels, and all the organisations drone data is displayed on the map, increasing data visibility and discoverability. Neilly Group also uses some of the Pro + features such as GCPs to increase the accuracy and precision of their data for their clients.
Where we are heading with them next
Since working with GeoNadir, Neilly Group saw the potential of increasing the discoverability of all their Earth observation data. The 50+ TB of data from hundreds of sites, across file types such as geotiff, dwg, LAS, laz, ECW, lacked discoverability and was causing similar issues to what they were experiencing with their drone data. This lost intelligence was costing them time and money.
GeoNadir’s workflows have been set up to support all Earth observation, not just drone data. We are now working with Neilly Group to make the remainder of their cloud stored Earth observation data discoverable on the GeoNadir global map in their organisational workspace and provide a link back to the Neilly Group cloud storage file location.
This will ensure that as Neilly Group expands their collection of Earth observation data from satellites to drones and everything in between, that it is findable and accessible. This will increase the speed that Neilly Group staff are able to create insights and intelligence from the data, reduce data recapture costs, and make their projects more profitable. This will give Neilly Group a competitive edge, whilst also allowing them to create better outcomes for the planet in their projects.
Get similar outcomes for your organisation
If your organisation wants to have similar outcomes with its Earth observation data, then get in touch with Paul Mead on paul@geonadir.com
