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Top-down drone view of a giant kelp canopy spreading in olive and amber patches across clear turquoise water above a rocky coastal reef.

Mapping Kelp Canopy with Drones: Photogrammetry Methods That Actually Work

How to plan, fly and process a drone survey over kelp canopy — tides, sun glint, polarisers, ground control — for maps you can compare year after year.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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Careers in Marine Photogrammetry: Mapping Reefs in 3D for a Living

Reef photogrammetry turns overlapping photos into centimetre-scale 3D habitat maps. Here's how the field works, the skills it takes, and who hires for it.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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