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NYPA to Integrate Lidar into its Drone Safety Program

January 20, 2019 Leave a comment

The New York Power Authority – NYPA has received a $125,000 grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development (DEED) program to research and integrate light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology into its existing in‑house Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program for vegetation management inspections along NYPA’s transmission lines. UAS, more commonly referred to as […]

senseFly Interview – Jean-Thomas Célette, Managing Director

January 19, 2019 Leave a comment

Jean-Thomas Célette, Managing Director at senseFly provides his insight and vision for this high flying drone mapping company. For a bit of perspective, can you provide a couple of short paragraphs on your education and training and how that lead to your involvement with drone technology? Please include timeframes. I was introduced to the world of surveying when I joined […]

Delair Teams With Trimble Business Center on PPK

January 17, 2019 Leave a comment

TOULOUSE, France – January 16, 2019 – Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, today announced interoperability of high-precision data acquired from the Delair UX11 drone with version 5.0 of the Trimble Business Center software. The integration enables geospatial professionals to simply drag and drop Delair UX11 PPK ( post-processed kinematic capabilities) data directly into Trimble Business Center projects. […]

Energy Drone Coalition Releases Inaugural Survey Results

December 17, 2018 Leave a comment

Energy Drone Coalition Releases Inaugural “Drones in the Energy Industry” Benchmark Survey Results This first study precisely details how drones in the energy industry are a powerful tool with massive room for growth still ahead. Houston, Texas, December 17, 2018 – The Energy Drone Coalition, powered by InnovateEnergy, and DRONEII.COM are pleased to announce the release of their joint report, “Drones in the Energy Industry.” This […]

President at Skyward Makes Drone Predictions for 2019

December 14, 2018 Leave a comment

Mariah Scott, President at Skyward, a Verizon company is leading a team that is focused on helping enterprises realize the enormous potential of drones. Building on its strategy to drive innovation and adoption for IoT (Internet of Things) services in high-growth markets, Verizon purchased Skyward, a private company based in Portland, Oregon in 2017. Skyward brings drone operations management to the Verizon […]

ENergy drone and robotics Summit Registration is Open

December 10, 2018 Leave a comment

Registration is officially OPEN for the 2019 Energy Drone and Robotics Summit, taking place June 12-13 at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott in The Woodlands, TX. This is the largest event in the world focused on Industrial UAVs, Robotics & AI Technology for Energy & Engineering. The Energy Drone & Robotics Summit is a forum dedicated to launching, growing and scaling enterprise UAV/Robotics […]

Unmanned Autonomous Systems Division Web Meeting

December 9, 2018 Leave a comment

The Unmanned-Autonomous-Systems-Division (UASD) serves the ASPRS members as a resource for mapping standards and industry insights. The UASD includes unmanned autonomous systems (broadly defined, including robotics) and related technologies, including platforms, sensors, communications, algorithms, and derived information, among others. Calling all UAS and Photogrammetry Gurus! The UAS Division (UASD) and Photogrammetric Applications Division are hosting a web meeting on Thursday, […]

TRB 2019 – The Center of the Transportation Universe

November 23, 2018 Leave a comment

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting – TRB 2019 will be held January 13–17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The information-packed program is expected to attract more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world. Autonomous vehicles and lidar are certain to be a major topic of discussion. The meeting program will […]

Quanergy M8 Ultra – Digital Lidar for Surveying and Mapping

November 12, 2018 Leave a comment

As Jeff Fagerman, Founder of LidarUSA recently explained the Quanergy M8 Ultra is making an important contribution in the UAS mapping world, not only because of its light weight, but more importantly because of its 150m range which allows it to collect data efficiently while staying under the FAA 400′ mandated ceiling. Provided by Quanergy The Mapping LiDAR Scanner the […]

senseFly and IN-FLIGHT Data Join Forces for Drone Project in Calgary

October 25, 2018 Leave a comment

senseFly and IN-FLIGHT Data join forces for groundbreaking urban Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) drone project in Calgary As the first BVLOS UAS operation permitted in a major North American city, the goal of the project was to demonstrate that BVLOS RPAS flights can be conducted safely and efficiently. Calgary, Canada / Cheseaux, Switzerland, October 25, 2018 — IN-FLIGHT Data, one of […]

Meet RIEGL at Commercial UAV Expo 2018 in Las Vegas!

September 14, 2018 Leave a comment

Meet RIEGL out at Commercial UAV Expo 2018 in Las Vegas! Our team of RIEGL experts will be at Booth 309, ready to meet with you to discuss your business’ unmanned needs! Be sure to stop by throughout the week to learn about RIEGL LiDAR and to see our state-of-the-art unmanned laser scanners, the miniVUX-1UAV and miniVUX-1DL! The miniVUX-1UAV is […]

Stereo Mapping From Drones – Cardinal Systems’ VR Mapping Software

September 14, 2018 Leave a comment

Stereo Mapping From Drones – Cardinal Systems’ VR Mapping Software Cardinal Systems has added tools to the Vr Mapping Software for efficient mapping from UAS imagery. Stereo is more versatile for vector extraction than Imagery-Derived Point Clouds (IDPC) or DSM. IDPC miss above-ground features like power lines, signs, and drip lines. They also round break lines and edges like fences, curbs and […]

Rolling Shutter Effect Important in UAV Photogrammetry

August 31, 2018 2 comments

Many are not aware that photographs taken with a UAV are subject to the rolling shutter effect. (Be sure to watch the video at the end for great visual explanation.) The main disadvantage of UAV photogrammetry is that it uses non-metric cameras. These cameras have low-quality movable lenses, a small focal length, and most have a CMOS sensor with an […]

Embry-Riddle Offers Advanced sUAS Inspection Operations Course

July 31, 2018 Leave a comment

Register Before August 3 and Save – Visit www.expouav.com LAS VEGAS, NV, July 31, 2018— Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, in conjunction with Commercial UAV Expo 2018, will offer a pre-event workshop, sUAS Advanced Inspection Operations Course, at the conference on Monday, October 1 at The Westgate in Las Vegas, Nev. This in-depth workshop will extend knowledge from beyond Part […]

Orbit GT Will Demo Free ArcOnline Widget for 3D Mapping Cloud at Esri UC, San Diego, CA

July 4, 2018 Leave a comment

“The ArcOnline widget opens a complete new world to all ArcOnline users”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “It provides access to massive 3D resources available in 3D Mapping Cloud right within your App. In one effort, you can now access terabytes of point clouds, spherical imagery, oblique imagery, UAV data and more in a single widget. A widget […]

Altavian Awarded US Army TUAS Contract

April 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Altavian, Inc., a U.S. based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, today announces the award of a $250MM Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with the US Army. Under the Program Executive Office Aviation, Products Office for Tactical Unmanned Aircraft (TUAS), Altavian will be supporting the largest small UAS program in the world. The US Army Family of Systems, […]

Orbit GT launches new Feature Extraction product for Drones at Commercial UAV Expo, Las Vegas

October 23, 2017 Leave a comment

Lokeren, Belgium, October 23 rd , 2017 Orbit GT is to launch the new 3DM Feature Extraction product at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, NV, USA. “With our new portfolio, we are reaching out to UAV Mapping professionals more than ever before”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “As version 18 bundles all the expertise and technology […]

BVLOS – The Next Step

October 26, 2016 Leave a comment

Operating a small UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is something that makes a lot of sense for applications such as…Read More at In The Scan

LiDARUSA Case Study

July 27, 2016 2 comments

Using Global Mapper to Analyze Stream Morphology for Erosion Control LIDARUSA, an Alabama-based leader in the fields of geomatics and mapping, employs a variety of airborne and terrestrial data collection and processing technologies to provide clients with accurate terrain models and volumetric measurements. The stream study project, which was spread across several non-contiguous areas in Western Tennessee, initially required the […]

Bringing Airborne LiDAR to the Commercial Market

July 11, 2016 2 comments

Puts everything into 3D world which provides more robust measurements of assets When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the highly anticipated rules governing the operation of small UAS (sUAS) for commercial purposes, everything changed for drone and sensor manufacturers, aerial data service providers and forward thinking, innovative businesses. Scheduled to take effect by the end of August, the most […]

“Commercial” Drones, but Just Barely

April 6, 2016 Leave a comment

FAA Section 333 exemptions allow operators to fly drones in the national airspace for commercial purposes. We were excited in May 2015 after receiving ours. At last we could use this new technology to expand our remote sensing and mapping operations. We were primed for starting a new profitable business doing amazing things flying drones. On the surface the approval to fly “commercially” sounded great. […]

Orbit GT releases update for Mobile Mapping Feature Extraction solutions

March 30, 2016 Leave a comment

Lokeren, Belgium, March 29th, 2016. Orbit GT releases the 11.2.4 update for several products from its Mobile Mapping portfolio. “We’re pleased to announce new versions for our successful Mobile Mapping Feature Extraction portfolio”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “A couple of leading solutions have been upgraded with new tools, core improvements and fixes.” The following solutions are updated […]

GNSS – The Rest of the Picture

March 14, 2016 Leave a comment

Matching the GNSS solution to the project continues to be an issue. In the previous article we looked at projects that were widely varying in requirements. First we reviewed the most general case requiring positioning to only a meter or more. Next we saw how an RTK system may be an appropriate solution for UAVs with the LOS restriction and […]

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