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Arctos Aerial provides real photography and imagery
services. On the ground, co-owner, photographer and drone pilot, Rob
Nagel captures internal and external listing photos for homes, land and
other properties. Using a drone, Nagel can also create high-resolution
aerial maps for applications in industries such as forestry and real
estate.
Photo courtesy of Arctos Aerial
Arctos Aerial offers local
drone imagery services
By MOlly Walsh
mol/y@masoncounty. com
More than a scenic photo, drone
photography is a previously untapped
method for assessing ‘property and
landscape compositions. Ascending well
above tree lines and Skylines, special—
ized drones can capture a detailed map,
weaved together by thousands of im-
ages for applications in industries such
as real estate, agriculture and forestry.
Rob Nagel, a certified drone pilot,
photographer and Harstine Island
resident, is bringing these services to
Mason County through his drone pho-
tography business, Arctos Aerial.
After discovering a passion for na—
ture and wildlife photography in high
school, Nagel attended the University
of Idaho, where he studied wildlife bi-
ology. Through his studies and subse-
quent professional experience, Nagel
expanded on his interest in photogra-
phy and wildlife by learning to create
maps for environmental organizations.
“With the science background that I
have, I’ve always been doing mapping
professionally for different natural re-
source organizations,” said Nagel. “So,
drone imagery kind of combined those
two things specifically.”
In 2017, Nagel’s interests in nature,
mapping and photography coalesced
when Nagel earned his commercial
drone pilot certification, allowing him
to offer drone photography services.
In 2018, Nagel launched Arctos Aerial
full time with his wife Kate Nagel. As
Kate works on the business end, Rob
provides traditional real estate pho-
tography and drone-based imagery.
Contracting with local real estate
agents, Nagel’s real estate photogra-
phy services include taking internal
and external listing photos for homes,
land and other properties. Using a
drone, Nagel also captures overhead
video and photos of the listed property.
_Nagel’s drone services extend be—
yond traditional photos, ' into aerial
map making. To create an overhead
map, Nagel uses a drone to capture
high-resolution photos along a pre-
determined flight path, allowing for
a certain amount of. overlap between
each photo. ‘
In post-processing, ,a software pro-
gram can then create a high-resolu-
tion map by seamlessly weaving each
overlapping photo, while correcting for
any distortion. Using information cap-
tured from the drone, the map can act
as a 3-D property model that displays
the land’s elevation profiles.
This 3-D effect is created using a
technique called photogrammetry,
where the post-processing . software
picks certain points that appear in ’
more than one photo. The software
takes those overlapping features and
creates point clouds, from which eleva—
tion and other- 3—D features can be de-
termined.
N age] these types of maps have sev-
eral applications, including for indi-
viduals 0r developers who plan to build
on property, or for insurance purposes.
Another prominent demographic for
aerial mapping is the forest industry.
An alternative to on-the-ground navi-
gation or government-provided GIS
imagery that is only periodically up-
dated, foresters can use*drone photog-
raphy to create a current aerial map
to determine exact locations of where
trees havegbeen cut.
“One benefit of the aerial mapping
with drones is the kind of on-demand-
ness of it,” said N agel. “You can decide
when you need the imagery and go out
and get it that day. And the process-
ing'is super fast. So, the next day they
would have a map that they could use.”
Nagel has also worked with a local
shellfish company to map tidelands
used for geoduck farming. Once a
month for six months, Nagel covered
100 acres of tideland while at low tide,
for agricultural planning purposes.
As Nagel expands his aerial pho-
tography services, he plans to connect
with logging, agricultural, construc-
tion and real estate business abodt
potential industrial applications for
aerial mapping, beyond a straightfor-
ward photo.
“I’ve contacted a few people about
that specifically and they’ve referred
me to their communications depart-
ment because they think I’m talking
about just taking photos and videos,
like someone would on the ground,”
said Nagel. .
After more than year in business,
Nagel said he enjoys all facets of Arc-
tos Aerial, from real estate to drone
photography, but moving forward,
Nagel is enthusiastic about the fu-
ture of drone photography in Mason
County. ..
“I think a lot of people think drone
photography and they think a photo
for real estate, which is easily under-
stood,” said Nagel. “But the mapping
component and sophisticated 8_-D mod-
eling is something most people that
I’ve talked to don’t even realize.”