Our New Partnership With Clitheroe FC

One of our senior Land Surveyors, Michael Read, is a die-hard supporter of Clitheroe Football Club. About a year ago Michael completed an intriguing Topographical Survey and UAV Mapping of the club’s pitch. For years, Michael had suspected that the pitch wasn’t level, but he wanted to determine just how uneven it really was.

By employing photogrammetry with a drone, Michael utilised the drone’s inbuilt GPS to accurately map the pitch onto an ordnance survey grid. The resulting mesh was then used to create a detailed topographical survey of the football ground. Although this method isn’t as precise as a traditional survey conducted on dry land, it offers a fantastic way to cover larger areas quickly and efficiently, and is often used for quarry surveys and volume calculations.

The graphic provided illustrates the variation in height above sea level along the edges of the pitch.