To understand why millimeter accuracy is important in Telecom, we have to first look at the problem – legacy data.

Towercos have inadequate tower data – meaning it is incomplete, inaccurate or missing altogether. This creates problems for Finance to accurately capture billable revenue, Sales to effectively communicate available inventory, Engineering to calculate structural capacity, M&A to validate and onboard new sites, and Field Operations who must make redundant site visits and conduct manual inspections.

Drone data cannot solve for the legacy data problem until it can achieve millimeter accuracy and generate engineering-grade 3d models. Attributes like lattice structure width, pipe thickness, bolt sizes and the degree of twist and sway are all essential measurements that tower technicians must collect. To augment and replace measurements taken in the field, the 3d digital model generated from a drone must achieve no less than this level of detail.