Product profile
Magellan
Magellan is SmartDrone's integrated survey-grade LiDAR and photogrammetry drone for land surveyors. It combines an enclosed Ouster OS1-128 LiDAR payload, S...
Facts
- Company
- SmartDrone
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- mapping_survey
- Website
- https://smartdrone.com/products/magellan
About Magellan
Magellan is SmartDrone's integrated survey-grade LiDAR and photogrammetry drone for land surveyors. It combines an enclosed Ouster OS1-128 LiDAR payload, Sony IMX304 camera, GNSS/INS positioning and autonomous mission planning in a ready-to-fly platform.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Survey mapping drone
Core: Integrated LiDAR and photogrammetry UAV
Function: Captures survey-grade aerial data without requiring a dedicated drone specialist
Audience: Land surveyors, geospatial teams and construction operators
Specifications
- area_coverage_acres
- 150 acres without ortho overlap; 71 acres with ortho overlap
- camera_sensor
- Sony IMX304 CMOS, 12.3 MP global-shutter camera
- communication_range_km
- 2 km
- flight_height_m
- 80 m
- lidar_sensor
- Ouster OS1-128, 128 vertical channels, dual returns
- max_flight_time_min
- 39 min
- max_hover_time_min
- 45 min
- points_per_second
- 5200000 points/s
- position_accuracy_m
- X/Y CEP m
- weight_kg
- Approximately 11 lb kg
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_field_environment, construction_sites, survey_sites, remote_areas
- Primary user
- land_surveyors, geospatial_teams, construction_operators, mapping_teams
- Role
- mapping_survey, lidar_mapping, photogrammetry, autonomous_navigation
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, mission_planning, lidar_data_collection, photogrammetry
- Mobility class
- multirotor_uav, untethered_aerial_robot
- Product detail
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