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Over Roads and Quarries
A surveyor with a construction company in Northern Ireland uses UAVs to develop highway construction and for adjoining quarry quantities. Improving infrastructure has become crucial to local and global economies due to increased strain on roads and public transport from a rising population. When GRAHAM Construction and its partner, Farrans, were jointly awarded the contract...
Swords into Plowshares: AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018
The last time I visited the AUVSI conference was about 10 years ago. I remember walking into the show and thinking, “Did I just accidentally walk onto a military base?” The exhibits were populated with Predators, Reapers, and at least one Global Hawk. Every other attendee was dressed in their best camo BDUs. Not judging,...
BVLOS
Beyond visual line of sight is the next frontier for UAVs. The FFA’s Part 107 rule allows for routine civil operation of small unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV) in the National Airspace System (NAS) and provides safety rules for those operations. Since this implementation almost two years ago, more than 70,000 drone pilot applications have been...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 05/04/2018
Insitu Integrates Customized TK-5 Firewatch Smart Mapping Payload on ScanEagle UAS Insitu Debuts ScanEagle3 Unmanned Aerial System at Xponential 2018 Vista LiDAR Sensor Unveiled for Autonomous Vehicles Fortress UAV Announces New Drone Fleet Services for Enterprise and Public Safety Markets DroneDeploy Releases New Construction Solution to Put a Drone on Every Construction Site CEE News...
Open Source for Enterprise Solutions
A geospatial firm integrates open-source GIS and cloud services for the DoD’s IT security, a giant energy co-op managing 2,500 miles of transmission lines, and the USACE as they monitor dredging vessels. Too often, clients maintain outdated and inefficient workflows because they fear that building applications to improve processes would be too time-consuming and expensive....
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With Trimble Catalyst Mobile Data Capture, City of Centennial Efficiently Proves GIS Accuracy Sponsored content by Trimble Since 2008, the City of Centennial, Colorado has partnered with global engineering company CH2M to manage its public works. The successful public-private partnership, often cited as a model of small government, has allowed the city and CH2M...
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