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Thermal-camera drone inspecting rooftop solar panels

🌡️ AERIAL THERMAL IMAGING · GAP (05) · €500–1,800 PER JOB

Drone aerial thermal imaging in Gap

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Heating in Gap is expensive: harsh winters make aerial thermography especially telling — roof heat loss, thermal bridges and tired insulation stand out clearly on radiometric images. From the town centre to the business parks, the pilots covering Gap and its department (05) match equipment and flight plan to each order.

Prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes and France's highest prefecture (735 m), Gap is the gateway to the southern Alps: twenty minutes away, Lake Serre-Ponçon — western Europe's largest artificial reservoir — with the Saint-Michel chapel on its islet; to the north, the Écrins massif. Two major vigilance points: Gap-Tallard aerodrome (LFNA), one of Europe's leading skydiving and light-aviation centres, generates intense drop-zone traffic; and the core of the Écrins National Park bans drones, with motorised overflight prohibited below 1,000 metres. Gap's economy blends administration, Alpine commerce, four-season tourism and hill farming.

What we deliver in Gap

Reference points in the area

To prepare flights in Gap (40,225 inhabitants, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), the pilot relies on landmarks such as:

Rates

€500–1,800 per job — the range observed on the 2026 French market, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. Every mission in Gap is priced on its own facts: area to cover, flight height, expected deliverable and local formalities.

Flying in Gap: the local framework

Thermography in Gap often means flying at dawn, when thermal contrast peaks: inside the no-fly area (Cœur du Parc national des Écrins : drones interdits), the authorisation must cover those specific slots — we state it in the request.

Drone thermography follows building-inspection rules — open category above the site, specific category in dense areas — plus the sensor's own constraint: flying at times of strong thermal contrast. Full regulations and rates: aerial thermal imaging 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

Aerial thermal imaging in Gap: what budget should you plan?

Allow €500–1,800 per job — the 2026 French market range, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. Build the overflight-authorisation lead time for Gap into your schedule: several weeks depending on the case.

When is the best time for thermography in Gap?

Heating season, October to March: you need at least a 10 °C gap between inside and outside for meaningful readings. In Gap (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), winter dawn slots give the best contrast; for photovoltaics it is the opposite — full summer sun.

How much solar capacity can be inspected in one day?

An automated flight covers 10 to 20 MWp per day depending on the plant layout, with automatic hot-spot detection and each faulty module located by its coordinates.

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