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The two founders of Geotrend GmbH in front of a helicopter with an aerial camera system.

About us

A family business with the view from above.
Out of a love of flying and a joy in the precise surveying of our Earth.

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Mission

Geodata that is truly useful

We grew up with aviation and surveying. What our father began with the helicopter in the 1990s, we carry on together as a family today. We deliver data that is genuinely useful in daily work, not data graveyards. We support every project personally, from the first idea to the finished result. And anyone who works with us talks directly to the people who fly, compute and deliver.
Urs Clement Founder and Managing Director
History

From pioneer to specialist

1990s
Our father's pioneering spirit
Our father is among the first in Europe to carry out photogrammetry from a helicopter. With analogue cameras and specialised equipment, the first helicopter-based geodata is created.
2000s
The step into the digital age
Digital cameras replace film, and processing becomes faster and more accurate. The next generation grows up with aviation and surveying.
2013
The company is founded
Our father's experience and our enthusiasm for the technology turn into a company of our own. We gathered our first experience with drones, back then still soldering everything ourselves.
2020s
In-house software and new products
New sensors, in-house processing pipelines and new data formats such as Gaussian splats expand what we offer.
Today
As a family, everything from one source
Father and sons, aviation and software under one roof. From consultation through the survey flight to the finished data product, everything comes from one team.
Team

The family behind it

Urs Clement wearing a headset in the helicopter cockpit

Urs Clement

Founder & Managing Director
Martin Clement wearing a headset in the helicopter above the valley, mission planning running on the tablet

Martin Clement

Founder & Managing Director
Portrait of Arthur Clement

Arthur Clement

Advisor & Project Manager
Values

What we stand for

Precision

We do not claim accuracy, we prove it. Every project is aligned to surveyed ground control points and checked against independent checkpoints that do not feed into the computation. The achieved values are documented in the accuracy report.

Innovation

We keep developing, within the team just as much as in our methods and sensor technology. This lets us react quickly to new trends. Where a tool is missing in our day-to-day work, we write our own software that supports and optimises our workflow.

Partnership

We focus on long-term collaboration rather than one-off jobs. We have supported many of our clients for years with recurring survey flights, using the same methodology and the same formats. This keeps the data comparable over the years.

Transparency

Our quotes are clear and our methodology is easy to follow. What the data can and cannot deliver is discussed before the project starts, not only at handover. We avoid jargon and explain things in plain language.

Shall we get to know each other?

We look forward to talking with you, whether about a specific project or a first no-obligation enquiry.

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