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🗺️ SURVEYING & PHOTOGRAMMETRY · LYON (69) · €800–3,000 PER DAY

Drone surveying & photogrammetry in Lyon

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Banks of the Rhône and the Saône, bridges, urban plots: in Lyon, drone photogrammetry produces orthophotos, point clouds and georeferenced 3D models that surveyors and engineering firms drop straight into their tools. From Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière to the outlying districts, our pilots know the terrain of Lyon and prepare every flight on the local aeronautical chart.

Local demand is driven by a powerful economy: headquarters and laboratories of the chemical valley (Seveso sites, no overflight without agreement), Part-Dieu and Gerland construction projects, commercial real estate, nearby vineyards (Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône) and a UNESCO-listed heritage — Vieux-Lyon, Fourvière — much in demand for tourism and film work. Greater Lyon sits under the CTR of Lyon-Bron business airport, right next to the city, and is bordered to the east by the Lyon-Saint-Exupéry CTR: almost all urban flights happen at reduced height after coordination with air navigation services.

Typical missions in Lyon

  • 3D models of monuments in Lyon — including Musée des Confluences — for heritage architects and archiving
  • Topography of urban and edge-of-town plots in Lyon ahead of planning applications
  • Centimetre-grade orthophoto of a municipality for its GIS
  • Erosion monitoring of riverbanks, dunes or coastal cliffs

Local landmarks in Lyon

On the mission-planning map, these places in Lyon shape trajectories and framing:

  • Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière
  • Vieux-Lyon
  • Place Bellecour
  • Parc de la Tête d'Or
  • Musée des Confluences

Rates

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

Airspace and formalities in Lyon

Photogrammetric flight plans in Lyon are set within the controlled airspace ceilings (CTR de Lyon-Bron): 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 September 2026 (EU regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947, applicable French decrees).

Frequently asked questions

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

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

What accuracy can a drone survey achieve in Lyon?

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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