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ArcGIS Flight

Drone data capture for ArcGIS

Empower drone flight planning and operations with high-quality imagery capture, enhanced safety, and seamless data sharing.

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Optimize your drone operations

This drone application is part of an end-to-end drone mapping system within the ArcGIS platform

ArcGIS Flight is a mobile app that enhances drone flight planning and performance for reality mapping and inspection. Pilots can import geospatial content—like terrain and buildings—providing valuable context and situational awareness. It offers tailored flight modes, supports compliance with regulations, and ensures high-quality imagery for processing and analysis in ArcGIS.

Plan and perform drone flights with precision

Advanced drone tech meets intuitive mission planning. Automate and repeat flights, visualize missions with realistic imagery, and maintain consistent altitude via Terrain Follow. Import GIS layers for better air awareness, and sync your imagery with ArcGIS for reality mapping workflows.

Save time with an end-to-end drone mapping system

Power every drone mission with a connected mapping ecosystem. ArcGIS Flight is seamlessly integrated into Esri’s end-to-end drone mapping system, enabling smooth data flow from flight planning and capture to processing and analysis. 

Collaborate easily across teams by connecting with products like ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Site Scan for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Drone2Map, and ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro. Turn raw drone data into actionable insights—all within one comprehensive geospatial platform.

Capture consistent, high-quality imagery with tailored flight modes

Simplify drone operations with intelligent automation and task-specific flight modes. ArcGIS Flight features intuitive controls and tailored flight modes for capturing everything from wide-area surveys to vertical inspections. 

Automated flight plans ensure consistent, high-quality imagery while reducing human error. With real-time monitoring, optimized settings based on drone and mission type, as well as repeatable flight plans, UAV pilots can fly more missions in less time with confidence and clarity.

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Enhance situational awareness with 3D drone flight planning and Terrain Follow

Advanced 3D planning tools let you precisely design flight paths, optimize overlap and coverage, and account for terrain elevation, ensuring every mission captures the data you need for high-accuracy mapping and 3D modeling. 

The Terrain Follow feature enhances mission safety and efficiency by automatically adjusting the drone’s altitude to maintain a consistent height above the ground. Visualize your flight in 3D to get a clear and detailed overview of your mission, making it easier to plan and execute with precision.

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Capture videos enriched with geospatial data for use across ArcGIS

During drone missions, capture the necessary sensor location orientation metadata to create geospatially enriched videos. Each frame of this footage is tied to a specific location and can be used within ArcGIS to manage, view, and analyze video data on maps.

Visualize airspace info for compliance and enhance safety via automated checks

Stay compliant and mission-ready with ArcGIS Flight. In the US, use the integration with Airspace Link’s Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) to get real-time airspace intelligence and seamless Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization. Outside the US, you can display airspace information by importing airspace boundary layers from GIS.

Unlock more features with Site Scan for ArcGIS

Extend the power and functionality of ArcGIS Flight when you pair it with Site Scan.

  • Manage and track your drone fleet

    Automate flight time tracking for pilots, drones, and batteries to maintain accurate records when using the data captured in ArcGIS Flight.

  • Automatically upload images for processing

    Reduce errors, save time, and support faster data availability with automatic image uploading. Centralized data storage ensures easy access and sharing.

  • Share flight plans for operational consistency

    Easily share flight plans between pilots within your organization to ensure consistency of data captures over time.

  • Create preflight and postflight safety checklists

    Use detailed checklists that cover necessary safety and compliance items preflight and postflight. Ensure pilots are compliant with organizational procedures by maintaining records of completed checklists.

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ArcGIS Flight supports a complete drone mapping workflow in ArcGIS

Transform your drone imagery into analysis-ready content using the reality mapping capabilities in these ArcGIS products.

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This app is included with ArcGIS user types

ArcGIS provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for creating, managing, analyzing, and mapping geographic information. Gain access to the capabilities of this application, included in ArcGIS, with user types. Match user types to roles within your organization.

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