• How a Client’s Question Led Us to Add Bathymetric Surveying

    We didn’t set out looking for a new service to add. A potential client asked us a question, and that question is the reason bathymetric surveying is now part of what we offer. The Question That Started It In the fall of 2024, a potential client asked if we could do the kind of drone-based…

  • Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Drone Rules in Ontario

    Transport Canada sets one set of rules for every drone pilot in the country. Registration, pilot certificates, controlled airspace authorization — that baseline applies whether you’re flying in Nova Scotia or British Columbia. What it doesn’t tell you is what happens once you add a province, a conservation authority, and a municipality on top. In…

  • Bathymetric Surveys in Ontario: Drone-Based Sonar vs. Traditional Methods

    At Trillium Imaging, aerial mapping, drone inspections, and volumetric analysis have been part of our core service lineup for a while. Bathymetric surveying is our newer addition — and it came out of a specific project we read about. A few years ago, Mohawk College’s applied research team partnered with the City of Hamilton to…

  • 3D Modelling the Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower: A Capability Test

    Some of the best tests of a new capability aren’t client jobs — they’re the projects you take on because you’re curious whether the technology can actually do what you think it can. That’s how this one started. The Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower has stood on the banks of the Grand River in Kitchener since…

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