GNSS · UAV · GIS · Nairobi, Kenya

Ground truth,
surveyed precisely.

Titus Ngayo Kasaine is a surveying technologist turning raw field data — GNSS fixes, drone imagery, total-station shots — into engineering-ready maps, terrain models, and subdivision layouts.

Degree, Surveying Technology — TU KenyaAutoCAD Civil 3D Certified
1,000+acres

UAV-mapped, GNSS control network,RUAI

-1.238° S 37.017° E

200acres

Photogrammetry, Sleeping Warrior, Elementaita

-0.453° S 36.246° E

3instruments

GNSS RTK, Total Station, UAV

field-proven

RTK GNSS CORS,BASE & ROVER

RTK corrections on every control setup

live fix

What I survey

From ground control to finished deliverable

Boundary & site

Topographic surveys

Full-site GNSS RTK capture of boundaries, buildings, trees, and ground features, backed by total-station shots in obstructed areas — ready for planning and design.

Land & title

Cadastral surveys

Legal boundary re-establishment, parcel subdivision, and beacon placement tied to registry records — the foundation for title deeds, transfers, and land disputes.

Aerial

UAV & drone photogrammetry

GCP-controlled drone flights processed into orthomosaics, DEMs, and high-precision contours, from garden plots to 1,000-acre farms.

Control

GNSS & control networks

Static GNSS observation and CORS-corrected RTK positioning to establish geodetic control that every other dataset ties back to.

Water

Hydrographic & bathymetric surveying

Depth-sounding data converted into elevation grids, contours, and surface models for dam and reservoir engineering.

Layout

Engineering setting-out

Design coordinates set out on-site with corrected control, including localization and beacon verification for pipeline and structure works.

Data

Coordinate transformation & GIS–CAD integration

Cassini-to-UTM transformations, georeferencing, and clean vector handoff into AutoCAD Civil 3D for subdivision and design work.

Field-tested

Projects from the field

Topographic

Hospital Development Site

Junior Surveyor

Hurlingham, Nairobi

Topographic capture of a hospital property for planning and design, using GNSS RTK over CORS.

Surveyed the property boundary and every significant feature — buildings, trees, boundary points — with quality checks throughout. Dense tree canopy slowed GNSS initialization in places, solved with extra observation time rather than cut corners.

Boundary datasetFeature surveyTopographic plan inputs
Topographic

Construction Site Survey

Site Surveyor

Parklands, Nairobi

Combined GNSS and total-station capture where a basement blocked satellite visibility.

Open areas were covered by GNSS RTK; the obstructed basement level was captured with a total station for spot heights. The two datasets were merged into one complete horizontal-and-elevation model of the site.

Spot-height datasetMerged GNSS + TS survey
UAV & Drone

1,000-Acre Farm Mapping

Survey Trainee

Ruai

Geodetic control plus DJI enterprise drone capture across a 1,000-acre parcel.

Two-hour static GNSS observation processed against CORS data established control, then an RTK base supported the UAV survey for georeferenced, mapping-ready imagery at scale.

Georeferenced imageryControl point datasetPhotogrammetry dataset
UAV & Drone

Sleeping Warrior Terrain Mapping

Survey Trainee

Lake Elementaita

≈200-acre UAV photogrammetry survey from GCP setup through final contour production.

Ground control points and static GNSS gave the flight its precision baseline. Office processing carried the data from aligned images through a dense point cloud, orthomosaic, DEM, and high-precision contours to a finished cartographic layout.

OrthomosaicDEM / terrain modelPrecise contoursFinal layout
UAV & Drone

Construction-Planning Drone Survey

Survey Trainee

Karen, Nairobi

Aerial capture and DEM/DTM outputs to support construction planning.

Boundary verification and RTK base setup preceded the flight; office work carried the imagery through alignment, orthomosaic generation, and DEM/DTM creation for the design team.

Orthomosaic for construction planningDEM / DTM
Hydrographic

TATU Dam Bathymetry

Data Processor

TATU

Converted raw depth soundings into an engineering-ready terrain model.

CSV depth data was built into an elevation grid, then contoured and surfaced in Global Mapper before final layout in AutoCAD Civil 3D — turning bathymetric readings into something an engineer can design against.

Dam contour mapElevation surface modelEngineering layout
Engineering

Pipe Setting-Out

Surveyor

Kileleshwa, Nairobi

Positioned pipeline points on-site from engineering DWG drawings.

Design points were cross-checked against DWG drawings and converted to CSV for the field kit. On-site beacon checks revealed control discrepancies, resolved through localization before the pipe points were set out with confidence.

Set-out pipeline pointsVerified site control
Engineering

Coordinate Transformation & Subdivision Prep

GIS / Survey Support

Nairobi

Cassini-to-UTM transformation feeding subdivision design in Civil 3D.

Field data was georeferenced and transformed to UTM, checked against world imagery in Global Mapper, then exported as clean vectors into AutoCAD Civil 3D for subdivision layout.

UTM datasetSubdivision-ready vectors
How a survey actually happens

Field to finished plan, in order

01

Site reconnaissance

Walk the site with the client, confirm scope, and flag anything that'll change the method — canopy cover, obstructions, access.

02

Control establishment

Survey control establishes the reference framework from which all measurements are made,

03

Field data capture

GNSS RTK for open ground, total station where satellites can't reach, UAV flights over GCPs for area-wide coverage.

04

Office processing

Point clouds, orthomosaics, DEMs, and contours built in Global Mapper and Agisoft Metashape, quality-checked against the field data.

05

CAD & deliverable

Vectors handed into AutoCAD Civil 3D for final layout — a topographic plan, a subdivision design, or a setting-out dataset.

The kit

Instruments, software, and the knowledge that ties them together

Field surveying

  • Static GNSS survey
  • RTK positioning
  • Control network establishment
  • Total station surveying

Software

  • QGIS
  • Global Mapper
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • ArcMap
  • Agisoft Metashape

Technical knowledge

  • Coordinate systems & projections
  • CORS data processing
  • Surface modelling
  • Contour & terrain analysis
Where the work happened

Every fix is a real coordinate

Six projects, plotted by their actual survey coordinates. Tap a point to pull up what happened there.

Tap any point on the map to see the project surveyed there.

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Tell me about the site /field you want surveyed

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