about aerodata

Aerodata International Surveys is an independent private airborne surveying and mapping company founded in 1992 and located at Antwerp Airport, Belgium. It specialises in airborne spatial data acquisition of the earth’s surface and its advanced processing into geo-information products.

The area of operation is mainly Western Europe, but the aircraft are also deployed to Africa and are available for projects elsewhere. Early 2004 Aerodata was the first European company to own and operate a Vexcel UltraCam-D digital photogrammetric frame camera and during season 2005 over 70.000 exposures were collected.

mission

Aerodata Surveys offers a broad range of international expertise and technical capabilities to its clients in the field of geo-information data-acquisition, value added processing and analyses.
We are a reliable partner by providing cost-effective acquisition, production, management and prompt delivery of high quality, up-to-date geo-information products based on airborne surveying.

Fuelled by ever faster and faster evolving GIS, Mapping and IT developments, an ever increasing and widening demand for creative, reliable and cost-effective geo-information solutions has arisen.
Aerodata Surveys has made fulfilling this demand its challenge as a leading provider of geo-information for its customers.

vision

Aerodata Surveys acts as an innovative company using state of-the-art knowledge and equipment. It has access to an international network of experienced geo-information specialists to develop creative geo-information solutions. Aerodata looks at a growing Geo-IT market in which the provision of reliable and cost effective data content is one of the main topics.
Aerodata Surveys will be internationally recognised as the major player in the European geo-information society, focusing on continuity and benefit to its clients.

Aerodata Surveys has a pro-active market approach with emphasis on production of value added digital topographic and thematic geo-information databases.
Aerodata has a high level of expertise, is reliable, accessible, flexible and open in communications.

past, present & future

Aerodata International Surveys is an independent private company founded in 1992. Its first office was set up in a hangar at Antwerp Airport, Belgium.
Initially only aerial photography and other forms of remote sensing from aircraft were done and in 1996 the company started as one of the first with digital aerial triangulation and orthophoto production.
From then on a great number of major projects were executed in various countries in Europe.
In 1997 the acquisition of LiDAR data was added to the range of products and services of Aerodata Surveys.
Since then Aerodata Surveys specialised in airborne spatial data acquisition of the earth’s surface and advanced processing into geo-information products. Offices are located at Antwerp Airport, Belgium and Lille, France and houses a professional staff of over 25 people and a wealth of highly advanced equipment.

Early 2004 Aerodata was the first European company to own and operate a Vexcel UltraCam-D digital photogrammetric frame camera and during the first year of operation more than 15.000 exposures were made on a number of international projects.
The second operational year (season 2005) proved that the digital camera technology was accepted rapidly in the market, resulting in the majority of customers switching to digital and a record high of over 70.000 exposures collected.

Nowadays Aerodata Surveys is leading an international, strategic network, which enables it to offer an even wider range of expertise, production capacity and technical equipment.

This structure enables Aerodata Surveys to effectively and dynamically anticipate changing and growing market demands.
The easy availability of powerful workstations and widespread CAD and GIS systems, in combination with new data compression techniques, brings about an exponential demand for geo-data, for which Aerodata can be your excellent partner.

why aerodata

Aerodata Surveys’ innovative and hands-on character stands out in the market helping meet the customer’s needs by using leading technology. The combination of its own equipment and a number of selected suppliers results in reliable project execution.

Furthermore Aerodata Surveys considers an open information exchange with its clients to be a key factor to project success. The non-hierarchical organisational structure of the company means short decision lines and enables flexible solutions.
Product quality is carefully tailored to the customer’s needs. Aerodata Surveys has set up a constantly developing quality management system. The system is built up around a series of main processes which capture all core processes. Sub-processes and procedures have been developed to guarantee a standardised, yet flexible workflow. The aim is to achieve short through-put time and the most optimal match between the delivered product and the customer’s expectations or requirements.

Besides the mastery of high-end technology, a solid team of professionals is one of the strong assets of Aerodata. Extensive experience in the fields of photo navigation, photogrammetric image processing, remote sensing and project management are at the basis of numerous successfully executed projects in and outside Europe. The continuous attention to training and knowledge management is also contrubiting to company success.