Geoscan is a Russian group of technology companies engaged in the development and production of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), small spacecraft (cubesats), avionics, wireless communication tools, sensors for UAS and cubesats, the development and production of unmanned systems and indoor navigation systems for STEM education and robotics competitions, and the provision of services for unmanned aerial photography, including multispectral and thermal imaging, aerial laser scanning, geological exploration, and drone shows.
Concentrating the development and production of UAS and cubesats, as well as their units, components, and software, within a single enterprise allows for unique technical characteristics in the final products.
Industry applications for Geoscan Group products:- creating 3D models of territories and objects for urban planning, surveying, and construction site investigations;
- generating orthophotomaps for cadastral work and land supervision;
- monitoring pipelines, roads, and power lines;
- creating vegetation index maps for precision farming;
- forest inventory and taxation;
- detecting heat leaks and emergency areas at utility facilities;
- magnetic and gamma-spectrometric geological exploration;
- video surveillance during emergency situations;
- robotics training for schoolchildren, college students, and university students.
Geoscan Group products and services are supplied to more than 50 countries worldwide.
Geoscan Group Records
- The world's largest project using UAS: a 3D model of the Moscow Region was built from 5,000,000 photographs obtained from drones.
- The world's largest unmanned geological exploration project: 1,250 sq. km surveyed at a deposit in Siberia.
- The world's largest drone show: 2,198 drones took to the skies over Saint Petersburg to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
- The world's largest 3D model of a cultural heritage site — the city of Palmyra in Syria.
- For the first time in Russia, a commercial satellite was created that delivered other spacecraft into orbit.
- For the first time in Russia, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been included in the State Register of Measuring Instruments.
- A unique technology for comprehensive monitoring of power lines using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has been developed.