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DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones has released Commercial Drone Industry Trends Report.

As per DroneDeploy, the report is based on more than 10 million acres mapped by drone users in more than 160 countries across all seven continents.

As the commercial drone adoption in various industries has grown, companies are increasingly integrating drones into day-to-day workflows, and also relying on the data from drones, as drones result in significant time and cost savings over traditional data capture methods.

As per the report, the top five industry segment adopting the commercial drones are:

Drone service providers (DSP),

Agriculture,

Surveying,

Construction, and

Education.

Also, it was found the more than 60 percent of DroneDeploy users create drone maps weekly across industries. This trend indicates that the businesses are growing more reliant on drones for aerial data.

Also, 80 percent of drone mapping is occurring on drone models that cost $1,500 or less.

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