Ground Truth

Independent, field-tested guidance on drone & handheld mapping for Australian teams: platform selection, accuracy, compliance and data workflows.

A drone above a row of solar panels, one panel marked as a hot spot

Ground Truth

Nov 02, 2026

Best thermal drone in Australia for inspection and search: Matrice 4T, Matrice 5TD or Zenmuse H30T?

Three DJI thermal setups, three different jobs: the Matrice 4T you carry, the Matrice...

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DJI Dock 4 open on a rooftop as the Matrice 5TD lifts off, O4 Ground Station behind

Ground Truth

Oct 31, 2026

DJI Dock 4 on shift: what back-to-back flights change for response and patrol

A 25-second battery swap means Dock 4 relaunches in under 45 seconds. What that...

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DJI Dock 4 on a rooftop pad with the O4 Ground Station mounted on a pole beside it

Ground Truth

Oct 31, 2026

Planning a DJI Dock 4 site: the O4 Ground Station, the network and setup day

Dock 4 moves RTK and the radio link into a separate O4 Ground Station....

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A dock and a drone on the left joined by a dotted line to a server rack in a white panel on the right

Ground Truth

Oct 26, 2026

DJI FlightHub 2 On-Premises on AWS Sydney: a private deployment, set up for you

Cloud FlightHub 2 stores data in the US or Europe. On-Premises keeps it on...

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DJI Matrice 5TD in flight between transmission towers, camera gimbal facing forwardComparison

Ground Truth

Oct 16, 2026

DJI Matrice 5TD vs Matrice 4TD: what the Dock 4 aircraft adds

Dock 4's only aircraft against the Matrice 4TD: an 11× tele, 1280 × 1024...

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DJI Dock 4 open at a substation as the Matrice 5TD lifts off, with the O4 Ground Station on a pole beside the dockComparison

Ground Truth

Oct 15, 2026

DJI Dock 4 vs Dock 3: what changed at the pad

Dock 4 swaps the battery instead of waiting on the charger, moves RTK to...

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Dock 4 teaser. Cutaway of the pad with the flight battery lit in the bay. The line on the art reads 0-Second Battery Swap.Insights

Ground Truth

Sep 26, 2026

No downtime between flights on Dock 4

Dock 4 swaps the battery so the next launch does not wait on a...

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