Raptor Aerial Services
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    Drone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal Photography

    Drone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal PhotographyDrone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal PhotographyDrone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal Photography

    Increase Sales, Reduce Costs, Save Time and Improve Safety

    Contact Us

    (832) 242-4406

    Drone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal Photography

    Drone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal PhotographyDrone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal PhotographyDrone Mapping, Drone Photography and Video, and Drone Thermal Photography

    Increase Sales, Reduce Costs, Save Time and Improve Safety

    Contact Us

    (832) 242-4406

    About Us

    Our Equipment

    DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral RTK Enterprise drone. High resolution  RGB  4/3” CMOS  20MP wide camera and 4K video. Multispectral  1/2.8-inch CMOS,  Green (G) , Red ( R), Red Edge (RE),  and  Near Infrared (NIR), 5 MP cameras.


    DJI Mavic 3 Thermal Radiometric RTK Enterprise Drone. 640x512 thermal,  RGB 1/2" CMOS 48MP wide camera, and a 1/2" CMOS 12MP zoom camera.


    Highly Accurate (up to 1-2 inches) Portable RTK Surveying Equipment including EOS Arrow Gold and Emlid Reach RS2+ GNSS Receivers. Point One Navigation RTK Corrections Service. Set of 10 Ground Control Points (GCPs). Canon DSLR R camera with assorted lenses and GPS receiver.


    Our Staff

    Raptor Aerial Services LLC is FAA Part 107 sUAS Certified to fly drones commercially and fully insured up to $25M (million).

    Why Us?

    Raptor Aerial Services LLC (RAS) is a Drone Services Company providing drone services since 2017 and specializing in drone mapping, drone photography and video; and thermal IR photography services. We have logged over 3,000 flights and flown over 100 drone surveys and mapped over 10,000+ acres (16+ sq mi). RAS also provides GIS mapping services. Our solutions are focused on Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs, Saving Time, and Improving Safety.

    Videos

    The Cabins At Country Road in Evergreen, CO.

    Video

    Christmas Lights


    Portfolio

    Orthophoto of 200 Acre Red Feather Ranch near Jacksboro, TX.

      Photo Gallery

      Aerial Photo of Downtown Houston Skyline.

        Drone Mapping Surveys

        East End Park, Kingwood, TX: 20-250 acres

        Select Sands Corporation, Newark, Arkansas

          --Freeze Bend Mine, Newark, AR: 90 acres

          --Sandtown Quarry, Sandtown, AR: 35 acres

          --Possum Grape Dry Plant, Possum Grape, AR: 50 acres

        Riley Exploration Permian, Permian Basin, TX: 250 acres

        Enchanted Rock SNA, Fredericksburg, TX: 750 acres

        Frenchman Place (Farm), Montgomery, TX: 25 acres

        Jersey Village White Oak Bayou, Jersey Village, TX: 250 acres

        Laredo Energy, Laredo, TX

          --Poseidon PAD, Laredo, TX: 40 acres

          --The Pit, Laredo, TX: 60 acres

          --AIG Water Recycling Facility, Laredo, TX: 30 acres

        Upper Taylor Gulley, Porter, TX: 40 acres

        Oak Hills Cabins, Leakey, TX: 10 acres

        Olivewood Historical Cemetery, Houston, TX: 14 acres

        John G S661406 - Lake Ck Ranchettes 06, RES A-1, Magnolia, TX: 39 acres

        Red Feather Ranch, Jacksboro, TX: 180 acres

        Star Creek Ranch, Katy, TX: 10 acres

        Pierce Junction Salt Dome Field, Houston, TX: 16 acres

        The Cabins of Country Road, Evergreen, CO: 7 acres

        University of Houston Geophysics Field Camp, near Galveston, TX: 67 acres

        United Salt Corporation, Saltville, VA: 500 acres

        Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, Alto, TX: 400 acres

        Fort McKavett State Historic Site: Fort McKavett, TX: 175 acres

        Spring Gulley (Spearford Gully), Lonestar College, Tomball, TX: 4 acres

        3525 Sage Rd Condo, Houston, TX: 4 acres

        Target Store, Katy, TX: 10 acres

        Meat Packing Plant, Yoakum, TX: 12 acres

        Fort Lancaster State Historic Site, Sheffield, TX: 85 acres

        Mission Presidio San Sabá, Menard, TX: 40 acres

        Hockley Salt Dome, Hockley, TX: 530 acres

        5050 Woodway Drive Condo, Houston, TX: 4 acres

        Argos South Central Cement Terminal, Houston, TX: 43 acres

        Fort Griffin State Historic Site, Albany, TX: 200 acres

        Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, TX: 95 acres

        Historic Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton, TX: 25 acres

        Oldest House, Fort Stockton, TX: 14 acres

        Fort Concho National Historic Site, San Angelo, TX: 30 acres

        Hockley Salt Dome (RGB/LiDAR), Hockley, TX: 100 acres (proposed, 2025)

        Coastal Prairie Conservancy, Hockley, TX: 500+ acres

        Evergreen Cemetery, Houston, TX: 10 acres

        Montgomery Cemetery, Montgomery, TX: 10 acres

        Conroe Cemetery, Conroe, TX: 4 acres

        Little Hatchet Mountains area, NM: 500 acres

        Riverchase Woods, Kingwood, TX: 120 acres

        Sage Road, Houston, TX: 10 acres

        RAS Courses and Presentations

        June, 2025: The Woodlands, TX: Q2 2025 Houston Petroleum Users Group "GIS and Drone Mapping”


        January, 2025: Houston, TX: Houston Inner Loop Photography Club. “Drone Photography, A Different Perspective“

        January, 2024 Submitted to Geosciences. “Near-surface geophysical investigation of an exfoliation dome:  Enchanted Rock, Texas”. Casey Kuo, Robert R. Stewart, Mike Allison, Shuhab Khan

        August, 2023, Houston, TX. AAPG/SEG IMAGE'23. “Drone surveys in support of archaeological objectives in Texas”


        August, 2022, Houston, TX. Abstract submitted to SEG 2022. “Near-surface geophysical investigation of a granite exfoliation dome: Enchanted Rock, Texas” Casey Kuo, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Robert Stewart, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Mike Allison, Raptor Aerial Services LLC; and Shuhab Khan, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX


        September 8, 2021: Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society (HGS) E&E Presentation entitled “Drones - An Aerial Data Acquisition Platform for the Environmental & Engineering Geology Professional”.


        April 28, 2021: Houston, TX:  Lone Star College GIS Advisory Committee: ”Using Drones to Document Texas Historical Places: Fort McKavett State Historic Site Example”.


        September, 2020: Houston, TX: AAPG 2020 Annual Convention & Exhibition Presentation entitled “Flood Mitigation Approaches Using Drone Photogrammetry”.


        October 7, 2019: San Antonio, TX: IPEC Conference Presentation entitled “Utilizing UAV Photogrammetry to Determine Proppant Stockpile Volumes”.


        September 18, 2019: San Antonio, TX: SEG Annual Conference Poster Presentation entitled “Drone surveying in a complex area, a case study”.


        April 25, 2019: Houston, TX: Lone Star College-CyFair Presentation entitled “Drones and GIS Enchanted Rock State Natural Area Aerial Survey”.


        April 16, 2019: Kingwood, TX: Kingwood Photo Club Presentation entitled “Drone Photography”.


        March 2, 2019: Houston, TX, Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) Annual Conference Presentation entitled “Introduction to UAV (Drones)”.


        January 10, 2019: Houston, TX: American Association of Chemical Engineers (AACE) Presentation entitled “Drones, a New Tool for Chemical Engineering Applications”.


        January 9, 2019: Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society (HGS) E&E Presentation entitled “A New Tool for the Environmental and Engineering Geology Professional”.


        November 6, 2018: Houston, TX: University of Houston, Allied Geophysics Laboratory (AGL) Weekly Meeting Presentation entitled “Overview of Drone Aerial Surveys and Other Applications”.


        October 26, 2018: Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society (HGS) Continuing Education Course entitled “Introduction to UAV (Drones) Aerial Surveys and Other Applications”.


        August 23, 2018: Houston, TX: Texas Association of Environmental Professionals (TAEP) Presentation entitled “Drones, a New Tool for the Environmental Professional”.


        July 19, 2018: Houston, TX: Society of Independent Petroleum Earth Scientists (SIPES) Presentation entitled "Drones, a New Tool for the Earth Scientist".


        June 21, 2018: Houston, TX: Energy Drone Coalition Summit & Expo Presentation entitled "Proppant to Pixels: UAV/Robotics Technical Use Case".


        June 7, 2018: Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society (HGS) Flood Conference Presentation entitled "White Oak Bayou Drone Aerial Survey".


        Oct. 6, 2017: Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society (HGS) Continuing Education Course entitled "Introduction to Drones (UAVs) for Surveying in the Energy Business".


        Sept. 21, 2017: Conroe, TX: Montgomery County Beef Improvement Association (BIA) Annual Meeting Presentation entitled "Drones and Your Land".


        June 16, 2017: Conroe, TX: Montgomery County Extension Office Quarterly Meeting Presentation entitled "Drones and Precision Agriculture"

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