StrongerBC Future Skills Grant – Mapping with Drones

The Mapping with Drones program will equip you with the foundational skills, methods and best practices required to use emerging drone and GIS-technology for low-level aerial land survey, data collection and digital mapping.

Drone technology is an emerging skillset in many Earth monitoring fields as it can accurately, quickly, and inexpensively map and survey a diverse range of landscapes. You can use drones to create analysis for forestry, conservation, real estate, construction, mining, emergency management, energy, agriculture and transportation use.

This program will show you how drones and open-source software can perform small drone-based data collection for creating digital 3D and 2D topographical maps.

Please view the program page for detailed program information.

Please note the following important information about the StrongerBC future skills grant program:

• Funds for approved StrongerBC future skills grant programs will be charged against your StrongerBC future skills grant accounts for all program expenses, which may include program application, tuition, and/or materials.
• All program expenses are non-refundable against your StrongerBC future skills account at the withdrawal deadline for the first course in your program of study.
• Learners are responsible for registering in all required program courses. Program staff are not responsible for providing registration reminders to learners with outstanding courses.
• Learners who do not register or complete courses required for their micro-credential completion through the duration of the 2025/26 funding period will be required to pay for any outstanding program and course expenses if they choose to complete their program at a later date. Learners who do not receive a passing mark for their required program courses will not receive a micro-certificate, nor will they be eligible to receive additional StrongerBC fees to re-register in the course they did not successfully complete.
• We are unable to reimburse expenses toward textbooks or materials if purchased individually.