Ground control that costs less than your drone

Fewer, and mostly as independent checks rather than as the thing your whole model is anchored to. With PPK or RTK the camera positions carry the geometry, so GCPs shift from being load-bearing to being verification. Most operators keep a handful of checkpoints and drop the rest.

Any drone that accepts RTCM3 corrections over NTRIP will work as an RTK rover. For PPK, Aerom logs raw observations independently, so it works alongside any drone that timestamps its images — the drone does not need to talk to us at all.

Yes. That is the main reason to own a base. Set the base, log raw data, and post-process later. Network corrections are an option, not a requirement.

RTK accuracy is comparable across the market — everyone lands around 7–8 mm + 1 ppm horizontal, and Aerom has demonstrated ~1 cm on its own hardware. In practice photogrammetric accuracy is limited by your flight plan, camera and overlap long before it is limited by the receiver.

You call or WhatsApp us directly — there is no dealer in between, which is the point. Support runs Monday to Saturday, 9am to 7pm IST. If the unit has to come in, we target five working days in the workshop plus transit. During the pilot programme we will also talk to you about a loan unit so a fault does not stop your job; ask us and we will tell you honestly what we can cover at your location.

Twelve months against manufacturing defects from the date of delivery, covering the receiver, gateway, antenna and battery module. Physical damage, water ingress beyond the rated conditions and unauthorised opening are not covered. Full terms come with the quotation — read them before you buy, from us or from anyone.

Four to six weeks during the pilot programme. We would rather quote a real date and hit it than quote two weeks and disappoint you. If you have a project deadline, tell us the date when you enquire and we will tell you straight away whether we can meet it.

We do, directly. A live onboarding session for your team is included, plus written and video guides in English and Hindi. For institutional deployments we run a longer session and help you set standard project templates so every crew works to the same configuration.

Aerom exports the standard formats — RINEX, CSV, and the CAD and government deliverable formats — so it drops into an existing office workflow rather than replacing it. If your deliverable needs a format we do not yet write, tell us during the pilot; that feedback is exactly what the programme is for.

Yes, and you should. We would rather you handled a unit and ran it against a control point you already know the answer to than took our word for anything on this website.