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Top-down orthophoto-style view of farmland parcels captured by drone

🗺️ SURVEYING & PHOTOGRAMMETRY · ANNECY (74) · €800–3,000 PER DAY

Drone surveying & photogrammetry in Annecy

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In Annecy, the relief makes the drone irreplaceable for measurement: digital terrain models on slopes, volume calculations in quarries, surveys of steep plots impossible to walk efficiently. From Palais de l'Île to the outlying districts, our pilots know the terrain of Annecy and prepare every flight on the local aeronautical chart.

Demand matches the setting: some of provincial France's priciest real estate, lakeside hotels and restaurants, sports events (lake marathon, Haute Route), filming and communications for the animation film festival, and mountain inspections for the ski lifts of the neighbouring Semnoz and Aravis massifs. Annecy is gorgeous but demanding: the Annecy-Meythet airfield adjoins the city to the north-west, the lake's sky is among France's busiest for leisure aviation — paragliders from the Forclaz pass and Planfait, gliders, microlights — and the Bout-du-Lac nature reserve and Roc de Chère impose overflight restrictions.

Examples of assignments in Annecy

Local landmarks in Annecy

To prepare flights in Annecy (130,721 inhabitants, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), the pilot relies on landmarks such as:

Rates

€800–3,000 per day — the range observed on the 2026 French market, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. Every mission in Annecy is priced on its own facts: area to cover, flight height, expected deliverable and local formalities.

Airspace and formalities in Annecy

Photogrammetric flight plans in Annecy are set within the controlled airspace ceilings (Aérodrome d'Annecy-Meythet): ground resolution is guaranteed by adapting height and overlap, with the protocol cleared before the mission.

Photogrammetric surveys fly in the open category over controlled sites, on automated grids below 120 m; urban footprints or sites crossed by third parties move to the specific category with a declaration. Full regulations and rates: surveying & photogrammetry across France →

Information checked against the regulations in force as of August 2026 (EU regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947, applicable French decrees).

Frequently asked questions

Surveying & photogrammetry in Annecy: what budget should you plan?

Allow €800–3,000 per day — the 2026 French market range, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. In Annecy, coordination with the local airspace is included in the quote and arranged within a few days.

What accuracy can a drone survey achieve in Annecy?

With GNSS-measured ground control points, the orthophoto and point cloud reach 2–5 cm planimetric accuracy — enough for a preliminary design survey. For legally binding documents we work under a partner chartered surveyor covering Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Does a drone survey replace a chartered surveyor?

No for legally binding documents (boundary demarcation, land division): that is the chartered surveyor's legal monopoly. Yes for technical studies: our deliverables feed directly into civil works design, volume calculations and environmental studies.

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