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Orthomosaic map of a 25.8-acre site in Ontario, New York, produced from drone imagery by Unmanned Air Services

Unmanned Air Services

Rochester · Monroe County · Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 107

Drone reality capture, mapping and thermal imaging in Rochester, NY

Unmanned Air Services is a Marine veteran–owned reality-capture company in Irondequoit. We turn job sites into measurable data your Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) team can use: orthomosaics, point clouds and 3D meshes fitted to your project control, captured from the same positions every visit. We also find wet roof insulation with infrared thermography and photograph listings across Monroe County.

  • FAA Part 107 Certified remote pilot · Certificate No. 5356780
  • Insured Certificate on request
  • New York State (NYS)-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) #269133
  • Level I Certified Thermographer for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) Infraspection Institute · credential number 20483-D
25.8acres mapped in a single afternoon
0.52centimeters (cm) of ground detail per pixel on a commercial corridor map
10minutes of flying to capture a full commercial block
4deliverables from one flight: orthomosaic, elevation model, point cloud and 3D mesh

Certified & verifiable

NYS-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business

Certification #269133

Listed in the New York State SDVOB directory. Counts toward SDVOB participation goals on state and agency contracts. Primes & agencies →

Infraspection Institute Level I Certified Thermographer (sUAS)

Credential number 20483-D

Roof moisture surveys documented to the Infraspection Standard for insulated roofs, with every suspect area confirmed by meter or core. Thermal imaging →

General contractors · BIM / VDC

Reality capture your BIM team can actually use

Your model shows what's designed; we capture what's actually there. Each flight produces an orthomosaic, elevation model, point cloud and textured 3D mesh of the site, fitted to the control your surveyor of record has set and delivered in open formats (LAS/LAZ, OBJ, GeoTIFF, KMZ) for ReCap, Navisworks, Civil 3D, Revit and Procore. Capture existing conditions before design and bid, then fly the same plan every month to compare the work in place against the model and the schedule.

Reality capture for BIM · Construction progress · Drone mapping & project control · Land & acreage

Orthomosaic detail of a flat commercial roof showing rooftop units, vents, membrane seams and a skylight, captured by drone
Rooftop units, vents and membrane seams from a 0.5 cm-per-pixel orthomosaic

Thermal

Find the wet roof insulation before you replace the whole roof

Wet insulation under a low-slope roof holds the day's heat longer than dry insulation. Surveyed at night after a sunny day, the wet areas show up warm. We outline them on the roof and on your roof plan, your roofer confirms with small core samples and repairs only those areas, and we come back to verify the repair.

Thermal work is led and reported by Doug Lancie, an Infraspection Institute Level I Certified Thermographer (sUAS), credential number 20483-D.

Infrared roof moisture surveys · Moisture scans for ice dams · Building envelope surveys

Night thermal image of a roof taken with a FLIR C8 radiometric camera
Night thermal image, FLIR C8

Real estate

Listing aerials, city addresses included

Most Rochester listings have no aerials at all. Much of the city sits inside the Class C airspace around Greater Rochester International, and a lot of operators simply skip those addresses rather than file the FAA authorization. We file it ourselves, at no charge, and fly the address.

Every package covers the property properly: all four elevations, the approach, the lot and the setting, edited and delivered as MLS-sized and web-sized files. There's no per-photo charge and no "pick your favorites" step.

Real estate drone photography packages →

Drone photo of the front elevation of a lakefront home in Rochester, New York
Lakefront listing, Monroe County

Why people call us

  • Published standards, measured accuracy. Mapping to the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Positional Accuracy Standards with independent check points; thermal to the Infraspection Institute standards. How we measure · What's in the record.
  • Controlled airspace is routine. FAA authorization near the airport is filed in-house, before the day, at no charge.
  • Data that lines up. Captures fitted to your surveyor's project control, with a check-point accuracy report, so they land where the model does.
  • Open files, no lock-in. GeoTIFF, KMZ, JPEG, PDF and MP4 that drop into Procore, DroneDeploy, Autodesk or your MLS.
  • Straight answers. If you need a licensed land surveyor instead of a map, or the weather won't give you a good result, we'll say so.
  • Certified SDVOB. New York State Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business #269133. Subcontracted work counts toward SDVOB participation goals.

Common questions

What areas do you serve?
Rochester and Monroe County, plus Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Orleans and Genesee Counties. Travel beyond 25 miles of Rochester is $0.75 per mile.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Every flight is flown by an FAA Part 107 certified remote pilot, the business carries commercial drone liability insurance (certificate on request), and all thermal work is done by an Infraspection Institute Level I Certified Thermographer (sUAS), credential number 20483-D.
Can you fly near Greater Rochester International Airport?
Usually, yes. Flights in the Class C airspace around the airport need an FAA authorization before takeoff. We request it ourselves at no extra charge. A few spots are off limits entirely, and we'll tell you before you book.
How do I book?
Use the booking form, or call or text (585) 645-2969 with the address and what you need. You'll hear back quickly, from someone who knows the work.

Where we fly

Based in Irondequoit and serving Rochester and Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Orleans and Genesee Counties, including Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield, Fairport, Pittsford, Brighton, Henrietta, Greece, Gates, Chili, Hilton, Spencerport, Victor, Canandaigua, Brockport, Honeoye Falls, Sodus, Williamson, Geneseo, Batavia and Albion. Travel beyond 25 miles of Rochester is $0.75 per mile. FAA airspace authorization near Greater Rochester International is filed by us at no charge.

Ready when you are

Let's get your project in the air

Send an address and what you need. You'll get a straight answer and a clear price, fast.