Tag Archives: aerial

Tackling the Aerial-to-CAD Bottleneck

Aerial capture is getting easier and faster, but the subsequent step of CAD linework generation is a bottleneck—especially given the present shortage of qualified drafters. AI is stepping in to help. In 2017, the co-founders of what would become AirWorks Solutions Inc. first met and began discussing ideas for a new geospatial venture. Both had...

From Nadir to Oblique

Spic-and-Span Bridges  Inspecting the world’s iconic bridges is becoming a UAV job  When it was time last year to inspect the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the steel arc structure that spans the harbor of Australia’s capital, authorities Down Under turned to the latest technology available: drones.   “The sky’s the limit when it comes to this technology....

The Future of Aerial Photogrammetry

Rapid advances in technology are changing the way we map from the air, but the 100-year-old technology of mapping by crewed airplanes will continue to fly into the future For thousands of years cartographers made maps using tools that mostly measured angles and distances, allowing for positioning of fixed objects over unknown topography. The earliest...

xyHt Magazine Heights 2023

Click on the cover to view the Heights 2023 supplement to xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: From Nadir to Oblique: From traditional airplanes to new-fangled gyroplanes, we take a look at several aspects of the aerial geospatial technologies that just keep getting better. The Future of Photogrammetry: While UAVs continue to emerge as aerial mapping vehicles, there...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/10/2023

Geo Connect Asia returns in March to Singapore  CONEXPO-CON/AGG Unveils World’s Largest 3D-Printed Statue  Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market to Hit $85 Billion by 2033  Vexcel Imaging Receives Creative Content Award at 2023 Esri Partner Conference  Recent NV5 Acquisition Axim Geospatial Awarded $9 Million in National Security Contracts  Saildrone Completes World’s First Uncrewed Alaska Ocean...

Safety is Paramount in Aerial Drone Mapping

As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prepares to release its ruling covering uncrewed aircraft flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in the National Airspace (NAS) the entire industry is holding its breath preparing for a new era of certainty and expansion.  Aerial photogrammetry will be one of the immediate beneficiaries of this new policy...