Land Survey - Projects

Aerial photogrammetry survey of 21 underground drainage adits

Folkestone Warren is an area of land prone to landslides. In December 1915, a severe landslip at Folkestone Warren, known as The Great Fall, resulted in train derailments and continued rail movement on the Dover to London South Eastern... Read more

Sonar survey of a water-filled coal mine roadway beneath railway station

A new railway station was due to be constructed in Willenhall, Staffordshire on the Wolverhampton to Walsall mainline.

Historic mine plans indicated that a coal mine roadway was situated directly beneath where the proposed new railway station was to be built.... Read more

Subsurface Laser Scan Survey of Historic Lead Mine Shaft

Geoinvestigate appointed Geoterra to carry out a 3D subsurface laser scan and HD video survey of a historic lead mine shaft. The mine potentially dated back to the 1700s when the Talargoch mine was extracting lead ore. The lead mine... Read more

UAV LiDAR Survey of a Railway Cutting on the Chiltern Rail Line

Geoterra was appointed by Coffey Geotechnics, The Murphy Group and Network Rail to complete a UAV aerial survey of a railway cutting on the Chiltern line in Harbury, Warwickshire. They required both low level LiDAR survey and a HD ortho... Read more

Drainage Culvert Survey Beneath East Coast Main Line

Geoterra was appointed by AMCO Giffen and Network Rail to carry out a 3D topographical laser scan survey of the surface, and a subsurface laser scan and remote UAV photogrammetry survey of a brick-built drainage culvert. This culvert had been... Read more

Subsurface Laser Scan and UAV Photogrammetry Survey of Air Raid Shelter

Geoterra was appointed by M-AR and Bromley Council to carry out a 3D topographical laser scan survey above and below ground, as well as a remote UAV photographic survey of a historic air raid shelter. The air raid shelter had... Read more