Drones & Aerial Survey
Drones: Features & Capabilities
Every capability in Drones, grouped by what it is for.
Drones carries 12 capabilities and 5 interactive tools. They are grouped below by what they are for rather than by which screen they live on, because the underlying record is shared.
Capabilities
What Drones does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Operator competence, remote pilot certification and currency tracking
- Operational authorisation management for Specific category flights
- Flight planning with airspace, restriction and permission checking
Operate and monitor
- Flight logging with duration, area, pilot and aircraft
- Aerial imagery capture planning for crop scouting and mapping
- Orthomosaic and elevation model processing and storage
Comply and evidence
- Crop scouting workflows with georeferenced findings
- Livestock checking and welfare inspection flights
- Infrastructure and building inspection records
Analyse and improve
- Aerial application legal position checker by product and purpose
- Permitted aerial operations register — seeding, spreading and approved products
- Insurance, risk assessment and pre-flight checklist records
In practice
Six things Drones changes on day one
None of these requires a new process. They all come from recording the work you already do, once, in a form the rest of the platform can use.
Operator competence, remote pilot certification
Operator competence, remote pilot certification and currency tracking.
Operational authorisation management for Specific
Operational authorisation management for Specific category flights.
Flight planning with airspace, restriction
Flight planning with airspace, restriction and permission checking.
Flight logging with duration, area
Flight logging with duration, area, pilot and aircraft.
Aerial imagery capture planning for
Aerial imagery capture planning for crop scouting and mapping.
Orthomosaic and elevation model processing
Orthomosaic and elevation model processing and storage.
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Flight planner with airspace and restriction overlay
Flight planner with airspace and restriction overlay
BuilderAerial application legality checker returning permitted or prohibited with the reason
Aerial application legality checker returning permitted or prohibited with the reason
WizardImagery processing queue with orthomosaic output to the field map
Imagery processing queue with orthomosaic output to the field map
MapPilot currency dashboard with expiry alerting
Pilot currency dashboard with expiry alerting
DashboardDrone service cost comparator against ground-based alternatives
Drone service cost comparator against ground-based alternatives
ToolCompared
Where Agrivencia differs from what already exists
The UK already has strong point tools. What it does not have is one record spanning them, or one view spanning four nations. That gap is the entire proposition.
| Agrivencia | Single-purpose farm software | Government portals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covers all four nations | Yes, each as a first-class tenancy | Usually one nation | One administration each |
| One record across domains | Yes — 84 modules, one data spine | Within its own domain only | Within its own scheme only |
| Scheme rules held as data | Yes, updated the day rules change | Rarely | Authoritative but not reusable |
| Assurance evidence auto-assembled | Yes, from operational records | Partially, per scheme | Not applicable |
| Whole-farm income optimisation | Across schemes and nature markets together | No | No |
| Offline field capture | Yes, designed first | Varies | Generally no |
| Marketplace and commerce | Multivendor with verification and escrow | Separate platforms | Not applicable |
| Farmer-owned data export | Published charter, open formats | Varies considerably | Limited |
This comparison describes categories of product rather than named competitors, and reflects our own assessment. Any specific product should be evaluated on its current published capability.
Data model
What the module records, and how it connects
These are the entities the module maintains. Because they are shared across the platform rather than owned by one screen, a record created here is available everywhere it is relevant.
- Aircraft
- Pilot
- Authorisation
- Flight plan
- Flight log
- Imagery set
- Orthomosaic
- Finding
Every entity carries a full audit trail and is exportable in open formats under the Farm Data Charter.
Questions answered
What people ask about Drones
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Drones is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Illegal aerial application. Mitigated by an explicit legality checker rather than silence. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
See Drones running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours