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Drone mapping · Okato, Taranaki · NZ-wide

High Resolution Drone Mapping

Detailed maps, elevation models and measurable 3D models of your land, with the layers you need drawn on top. Imagery down to 1–3 cm per pixel, tied to ground control we survey ourselves, with each job's accuracy checked and reported on request.

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Drone view over green paddocks and native bush towards the Pouakai Range and Taranaki Maunga, near Okato
Home ground: our family's place below the Pouakai Range and Taranaki Maunga.
Farm mapping Paddock maps with true areas, contours, drainage and terrain, for planning and day-to-day decisions. Environmental monitoring Repeat surveys of streams, coast and planting sites, so change is measured, not guessed. Sites and structures As-builts, visual inspections and measurable 3D models of buildings, earthworks and infrastructure.

Our work

Real jobs, shown as they were delivered. Click a map to zoom right in.

Paddock plan of a Taranaki dairy farm of close to 100 hectares: 61 numbered paddocks outlined in white with their areas in hectares, over a 3 cm drone orthomosaic
Completed client work

Dairy farm paddock map, Taranaki

The job
A dairy farm of close to 100 hectares needed a current map of its paddocks with true areas.
What we captured
A 3 cm drone orthomosaic tied to surveyed ground control, plus public LINZ LiDAR terrain.
What they received
All 61 paddocks numbered and measured, a drainage study showing where the water runs and collects, print-ready maps and GIS files.
Close-up of the farm drainage study: blue modelled flow paths running down the gullies into two reserve ponds, over brown one-metre LiDAR contours and black paddock boundaries
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3D drone model of Joe Gibbs Reserve, Inglewood: pale cleared ground where pines were felled, beside native bush, a pond and paddocksOpen the measurable 3D model
Baseline record · flown 7 October 2026

Joe Gibbs Reserve, Inglewood: native bush returning

The project
New Plymouth District Council has replaced two hectares of old pines with native bush, through planting and natural regeneration.
What we captured
With the council's approval, the whole reserve at 1.9 cm per pixel, built into a full-detail 3D model you can measure in your browser.
What it is for
A starting point to measure the regrowth against: a repeat flight shows how far the bush has come back, and where it is struggling.
Viewing it
The model streams in as you move. On a slower connection, give the detail a few seconds to sharpen.
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What you receive

  • Maps Our standard PDF map layouts, plus any custom sheets you need. What goes on them is up to you: the layers that help you understand your land or assets.
  • Imagery A georeferenced orthomosaic as a GeoTIFF that opens in any GIS, or as MBTiles, a more compact file of the same map.
  • Elevation A surface model (the tops of everything) or a terrain model (the bare ground) from the drone survey, for open ground and hard assets. Where trees or rough country hide the ground, we bring in LINZ LiDAR for the terrain.
  • Layers Paddocks, tracks, drains and services, or public data such as flood-hazard zones, as GeoPackage, shapefile, KML or DXF.
  • 3D models Yours to host or share however you or your organisation like, in the file type you ask for. Most people find a web-viewable model, like the Joe Gibbs one above, the most useful.
  • Accuracy report With every job: the ground control and check points we surveyed, and how closely the finished map matches each one, in position and height.

How it works

  1. Tell us about the site. Where it is, roughly how big, what you want the map for and when you need it.
  2. We give you a price. It mostly depends on the flying height and the detail you need.
  3. We fly it. With ground control laid and surveyed where accuracy matters.
  4. You get the results. Maps, files and models in the formats you work with.

Who we are

Geomap NZ is Sam Kirk and his son Malachi, based in Okato, Taranaki. We fly, survey and draw every map ourselves, and we work anywhere in New Zealand.

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Talk to us about your site

Call or email with the site location, approximate area, what you will use it for and your timeframe.

Sam 022 492 4583 · Malachi 020 489 8657 · geomapnz@gmail.com

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