Rail & Transportation
MIR maps rail corridors from the air — capturing RGB orthomosaics and LiDAR along track, ballast, and right-of-way that reduce boots and foul time on live track.
Blue UAS Cleared
Freefly Astro aircraft listed within the Blue UAS framework for procurement-sensitive missions.
$5M Aviation Liability
Coverage built for infrastructure field operations.
Redundant Aircraft
Dual American-made Freefly Astro platforms with RGB and LiDAR payloads for mission continuity.
Mobile Field Support
Charging, live viewing, and data review for sustained operations.
Rail corridor documented from the air
Purpose-Built Data for Rail & Transportation
Rail corridors are linear, active, and heavily regulated. MIR flies repeatable mapping missions that capture measurable RGB orthomosaics and LiDAR point clouds along the corridor — supporting engineering and maintenance-of-way (MOW) teams with existing-condition records, progress documentation, and clearance-envelope data. The result minimizes time crews spend inside foul time near live track.
Every Layer of the Corridor
Aerial mapping of live track resolves into a full stack of aligned, georeferenced map products. Step through the same corridor as RGB imagery, raw LiDAR, elevation surfaces, contours, and bare-earth terrain — each measurable and ready for MOW and engineering review.
Rail Corridor
One autonomous corridor flight over live track, resolved into five aligned map products — from true-color imagery to bare-earth terrain.
RGB Orthomosaic—RTK-referenced true-color orthomosaic — the measurable base map of track, ballast, and right-of-way.
- Corridor
- Rail
- Capture
- RGB + LiDAR
- Layers
- 5
From Flight Plan to MOW Handoff
Every rail & transportation project runs the same repeatable pipeline: missions are planned in UgCS, flown autonomously by AMC (Auterion Mission Control) on American-made Freefly Astro aircraft, then offloaded to the right software — Pix4Dmatic for mapping and photogrammetry, Scopito for inspection findings, and Freefly Flow for in-field LiDAR point clouds.
- Step 01
Mission Planning
Corridors are programmed in UgCS with the corridor tool and terrain-aware paths at a fixed Ground Sampling Distance, structuring linear collection along track and ROW.
- Step 02
Field Capture
The UgCS mission is transferred by USB to the Herelink controller and uploaded to AMC (Auterion Mission Control), which flies the corridor autonomously on American-made Freefly Astro aircraft, capturing high-resolution RGB and LiDAR along track, crossings, and structures. Freefly Flow post-processes the LiDAR on-site to a rough point cloud in minutes, confirming coverage without extended foul time on live track.
- Step 03
Processing & Delivery
RGB imagery is processed into corridor orthomosaics in Pix4Dmatic and LiDAR point clouds are cleaned into clearance-envelope surfaces in point-cloud software — delivered for MOW and engineering review.
Services MIR Provides
Corridor Mapping & Orthomosaics
RTK-referenced RGB orthomosaics and mapping along track, ballast, and right-of-way.
LiDAR Terrain & Clearance Envelope
LiDAR acquisition for terrain, drainage, and clearance-envelope analysis along the corridor.
Progress & Existing-Condition Records
Repeatable RGB and LiDAR collection for baselines and change comparison over time.
The Equipment We Bring To Your Site
Each project is scoped to the required collection method. RGB, radiometric thermal, and LiDAR are deployed in purpose-built acquisition passes based on the required deliverables — RTK-referenced so your data comes back well-documented and ready to use.
Freefly Astro
Blue UAS aircraft
Sony 61MP RGB
High-resolution imagery
Radiometric Thermal
Calibrated heat mapping
Laser Rangefinder
Direct distance & clearance
Freefly Flux O1
LiDAR acquisition
RTK Positioning
InCORS NTRIP · WGS 84
Corridor data without the foul time
One corridor dataset, clean deliverables. RGB orthomosaics and LiDAR clearance envelopes, georeferenced and ready for MOW and engineering review.
Corridor mapping
RTK-referenced RGB orthomosaics along track, ballast, and right-of-way.
LiDAR clearance envelope
Terrain, drainage, and clearance-envelope surfaces from LiDAR.
Progress & existing conditions
Repeatable captures for baselines and change comparison over time.
Explore Other Industries MIR Serves
Wind Energy
Wind inspection data collection and vendor support — blade, tower, and nacelle records that pinpoint leading-edge erosion and serial defects without prolonged downtime.
Telecom
Cell-site audits, structural documentation, and measurable digital twins that support colocation and close-out.
Solar & Renewables
Aerial thermography that locates hot spots, diode failures, and string outages down to the module.
Mining & Aggregates
RTK-referenced stockpile volumetrics, pit-progression models, and highwall documentation — captured with high-accuracy photogrammetry and LiDAR, without entering hazardous zones.
Utilities & ROW
T&D structure inspection, LiDAR corridor mapping, and vegetation-encroachment documentation for reliability and compliance.
Civil & Geospatial Support
RTK-enabled aerial LiDAR and 61MP RGB collection — orthomosaics, point clouds, terrain surfaces, and construction documentation to support licensed survey teams, civil engineers, developers, and contractors.
Grain Storage & Handling
Exterior condition documentation, thermal risk screening, and RTK-referenced quantity data for concrete silos, steel grain bins, elevator structures, handling equipment, and visible open storage.
Start With the Project Objective
Have a Rail & Transportation Project?
Tell us what needs to be inspected, mapped, measured, or documented. We'll help determine the right collection method, payload, mission structure, and deliverables.