This is a monetary question:
There are products like the Phoenix LiDAR Systems. Attached to a drone it is possible to mine highly precise geospatial data very fastly.
Would universities around the globe buy these data sets for research purposes? Is it conceivable to sell them or to get a job from universities or other companies to investigate a certain area as a freelancer? How much would they pay approximately per squaremeter?
Geologists could also mine the data with these Systems and subsequently analyse it on site or at least in reachable distance with their knowledge e.g. for terms of slope stability analysis and then sell their findings and reports. Does this sound anyware feasible or is it complete and utter nonsens in terms of organisation or financially?
If you collect the LiDAR data directly, perhaps you can try to sell it. The challenge will be to collect data that people may want, and not waste your time. If the data comes from someone else (or some other organization), then you probably cannot sell it. Certainly you can freelance as a consultant if your current job (if you have one) allows. Pricing? - I don't know. Would universities use it? - you'd probably have to network with people in the area to convince them to use it.
Dear Szardien
I did not understand your offer; Do You Own a Deal Handle?
Do you offer advice using this equipment? Not sure when to charge and if you are interested in these remote sensing images?
Clarify some more.
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There are many companies around the world flying different Lidar scanners for different purposes and they only exist because indeed someone is prepared to pay good money for the data. Many of those are multi-million dollar aerial systems in aircraft or helicopter, i think you are looking at UAV based solution though.
To attempt any freelance work with the Lidar unit you mentioned would be a waste of time however, the data precision and accuracy would not be considered good enough for the majority of end users.
A much higher level unit such as the Riegl Mini-VUX or the VUX-1UAV would operate well in that environment and with an appropriate IMU and GNSS/RTK system produce survey grade results of some value to an end user.
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