Case Studies & News: Drone Deployments in Ohio

DJI Dock 3 installed by Ohio Drone Repair on a brick city rooftop in Garfield Heights, Ohio, with a relay mast

Case study

Garfield Heights, Ohio

DJI Dock 3 on a city rooftop

Surveyed, installed and commissioned by ODR in August 2026.

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Drone view of police vehicles with lights on at a night scene (Ohio Drone Repair video)

News

Oct 11, 2026

Ohio HB 251 explained

What Ohio agencies need to know about the new drone law.

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Use cases · Response & security

Drone hovering in front of a fire station with a fire engine behind it

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Public safety

Drone as First Responder

Dock-launched drones for police and fire.

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Night aerial overwatch of a commercial building and parking lot

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Security

Private Security

Patrol, alarm response and overwatch.

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Aerial view of a marina with boats at the docks

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Marinas

Marina & Boat Security

Night patrols, alarm launches and flotation on the way.

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Aerial view of an Ohio golf course beside a lake

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Golf

Golf Courses

Docked drones for course security and turf.

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Use cases · Survey & mapping

DJI drone flying over an open-pit mine with an RTK station (photo © DJI)

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Survey hub

Survey, Mapping & AEC

Maps, models and LiDAR for the job site.

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Aerial view of an earthworks site with stockpiles and a screening plant (photo courtesy of Wingtra)

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Construction

Progress, as-builts and earthwork quantities.

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DJI Matrice drone flying low over open, graded terrain (photo © DJI)

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Survey

Land Surveying & Engineering

Topo, control and lidar for survey teams.

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Colorized lidar point cloud of an urban highway interchange (image courtesy of Wingtra)

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Transportation & DOT

Corridor mapping and structure documentation.

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Transmission towers on a forested ridge with a lidar flight line drawn above (image © DJI)

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Energy

Solar, wind and pipeline project records.

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Vehicle-mounted DJI Dock 3 below a transmission tower, drone in flight (photo © DJI)

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Utilities

Utilities & Infrastructure

Substations, lines, solar and towers.

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DJI Pilot 2 view looking down a lattice tower during an inspection flight (image © DJI)

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Telecom Towers

Tower audits, 3D models and site surveys.

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DJI Dock 3 on a remote site with a drone launching (photo © DJI)

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Mining

Mining & Aggregates

Stockpiles, pits and remote sites.

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Aerial view of a river winding through eroded terrain (photo © DJI)

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Survey

Environmental & Agriculture

Wetlands, erosion, fields and forests.

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Designer reviewing a 3D building model on two monitors (image © DJI)

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Survey

Real Estate & AEC Design

Existing conditions and photoreal 3D.