UAV Lidar Rentals
We have the right drone lidar rental solutions to help you accelelrate you mapping, surveying, and engineering business

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Leveraging UAV LIDAR rental in Your Business
Adopting drone LiDAR into your business has a lot of uncertainty. However, MODUS has a UAV LiDAR rental solution for customers who needs a drone and mobile-based LiDAR capture capability once a year.
MODUS will support you every step of the way. For instance we onboarding training to ensure you can professionally use the equipment to field services to make sure you get it right when it counts.
This is an opportunity to use technology once reserved for government, large corporations, and select niche firms, LiDAR has never been more accessible than today.
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Why Rent LiDAR?
Forgo the Upfront Investment
Decrease Long-run Expense
LiDAR Business Development
Build an Industry Reputation
An Affordable Method to Build Expertise
Save at Tax Time
What’s in the Drone Lidar REntal package?

Drone-based LiDAR
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FlexV16 Velodyne Puck Package
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Drone Vibration Isolation Mounts
- Precision GNSS System

Drone
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M600 Pro
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FPV Camera
- Batteries and Chargers

Drone Insurance Programs
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Hull Coverage Insurance
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Liability Insurance
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On-demand or Annual Policies

GROUND CONTROL STATION
1000 NIT field station and tablet that includes all the software you need to plan, fly, process and analyze your LiDAR data before uploading to 3rd party applications.

UAV LIDAR FIELD TRAINING
- UAV LiDAR Rental Operator Course
- Build on your experience with our other LiDAR Data Courses.
- NOW offering Online Training.

SOFTWARE
We are with you every step of the way.
- Back-up Online Training and Documentation
- Office Tech Support
- Deplorable Field Support Reps
We want you to be successful and we are committed to your success.
UAV Lidar Rental WORKFLOW

PLANNING
- Easily Load KMLs for planning
- 3D view of your work environment
- Simple LiDAR planning


FLIGHT
- One button LiDAR Start
- Simple loading of flight automation
- Follow Terrain for increased safety


PROCESSING
- Simple Step by Step Process
- Get your Data Fast
- Deliver it in the right standard
MODUS SUCCESS SUPPORT TEAM
World Class Tech Support
1 on 1 support. We don’t just fix your problem but we take the time for you to understand what went wrong.
Field Representative Options
Let’s face it, most people don’t know LiDAR and you are probably using it to build your business. While we have great training and support materials, sometimes your team needs a little extra help. Our field professionals will coach you all the way through your process, from planning, field execution, to processing the data.
Field Office Data Processing
Need help processing your data. You can count on our professional data analysts to help you get the job done. (fees apply)
Training
We supply you with checklists, step-by-step operator manuals, video teleconferencing, and more. Discover the MODUS difference.
How to Qualify
Training
We have an outstanding training program designed to be tailored from the new user to experienced geospatial professionals.
Insurance
We require every company to have proof of insurance with full hull coverage for the unit.
Proof of Flight Experience
You don’t drive construction equipment without an operator license. A high-end measurement drone isn’t any different.
We require all operators to have their part 107 and show proof of over 20 hours of 1000-class multirotor flight time.



MODUS Rental Training
LiDAR Operator Training
This two-day course covers everything you need to plan, collect, and post-process LiDAR data to create a raw geo-corrected point cloud.
LiDAR LEVEL 1 Training
This optional one-day course picks up where we left off with the Operator Course. You will learn how to do basic classification, visualization, and convert files into over 250 popular formats to allow 3rd party software to process your data. We highly encourage this course.
RENTAL PROCESS
We offer a simple no fuss rental process. We offer an easy one-price cost. No tax, shipping, etc. This makes bidding a job easy. When you have won your bid, simply schedule and hold your equipment with a deposit. Your equipment will arrive on your request day. When you are complete, just drop it in the mail with one of our return mailing slips. It is that easy.
Training & Qualify
Schedule & Deposit
Receive & Fly
Return & Closeout
Add DATA PROCESSING SERVICE to your rental
When you need to leverage professional data analysts to get the job done right.

Raw Calibrated Point Cloud
A raw geo-corrected point cloud is the base product LiDAR equipment produces. However starting out, you may want to make sure you have a team of data analysts behind you to ensure you can wow your customer. Perfect when you are trying to do big jobs or your company is new to LiDAR.

Point Cloud Classification
Classification assigns points into groups with useful and logical categories, such as points on a road surface, building roofs, trees, etc. Without the proper training, experience, and software renters can spend hours of tedious work trying to isolate the data of interest.
MODUS has your US team to make sure you can deliver downstream data products to support your customer.

Colorized Point Cloud
Need RGB LiDAR data. No problem. Let our professionals take your imagery and lidar data and fuse them to create a 3D colorized image. This would provide your customer all the color they see from photogrammetry with all the accuracy and under vegetation coverage of lidar.

Drone Rental Insurance
It has never been easier to obtain commercial UAV insurance coverage on your drone, mapping equipment, and rentals.
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F.A.Q.
What do I need to have in order to Rent drone lidar?
You need 4 things
1. Part 107 License or equivalent
2. full replacement insurance coverage
3. security deposit
4. MODUS Drone Lidar Training Certification
What does the training consist of and is it web based?
NEW:
Training is now broken into two parts:
1. Online – This is all the theory and lectures. Everything you need to know to be successful with lidar.
2. Practical Hands-on – This is the time one on one with qualified lidar specialist to prefect field operations and post-process.
The training is hands-on and in person, either in San Diego or at your site (standard GSA per diem and travel costs are added.) The training is designed for up to five students per instructor. Additional students beyond this will require more laptops and software licenses.
For our online training, check out Learn.MODUS-ai.com.
We also use this time to assess the client’s flying proficiency. A drone is only $5000 but the sensors run in excess of $50,000. This is why we certify/qualify every operator.
What does a drone lidar rentals cost?
This depends on the duration, type of equipment. We have weekly, monthly and quarterly rates with discounts. We also have subscription services and lidar payload only rentals so you can use your own drone system and save on the shipping costs.
Inquire at Info@modus-ai.com
Are shipping days part of the rental?
Rental Requirements
- Part 107 certification
- Proficiency check and flight log review
- MODUS LiDAR and Operations training course for each operator.
- We also require proof of insurance with Modus as COI and full replace coverage of the equipment being rented from us.
- Small refundable deposit or a hold on a charge card to cover small damage like missing rotor blades, lost iPad, etc.
Why do we require training?
We want you to succeed. Even if you have used other LiDAR systems before, every manufacturer does their process a bit different. We know, we have worked with a lot of them.
Also, this creates a safe environment to learn and experiment. The last thing you want is your team learning this for the first time on a job site. You will lose money.
Last quality control. We know when you certify with us that you will be able to operate safely and protect your insurance policy.
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