Tag Archives: drone

Sky High

UAVs deliver practical and highly technical mobile mapping Collecting imagery with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) is ideal for a variety of applications including topographic mapping, forestry ground and canopy measurements, powerline corridor mapping, Digital Terrain Model (DTM) generation, high-resolution digital imagery, and orthophoto production, along with support for a variety of other mapping needs.  Historically,...

Farming From Space

Airbus and Sentinel Fertigation use satellite imagery to improve sustainable crop production With help from Airbus’ detailed high-resolution 30cm satellite imagery provided by Pléiades Neo, a Midwest crop management software platform is offering a streamlined process for farmers fertilizing crops via irrigation (known as fertigation). Using multispectral imagery of field conditions, Lincoln, Nebraska-based Sentinel Fertigation...

On the House

Free data make the mapping world go round Reliable geospatial data used to be hard to find and expensive. But thanks to the profusion of online data repositories, it’s now at our fingertips for free. It is telling that one of the first websites where mapmakers can have access to free satellite imagery was created...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 09/02/2022

Trimble Sets Ambitious Climate Goals for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Line with a Net-Zero Future Ligado Approaches Canada for Spectrum Permission, Comments Sought Drones Help GIS Go From 2D to 3D Digital Twin Deployments AgEagle CEO Barrett Mooney to Speak at Commercial UAV Expo 2022 Esri Book Helps Current Software Users Transition to ArcGIS...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/26/2022

Public Comment Requested on Revision to OGC 3D Streaming Community Standard Commercial geospatial technologies that detect GPS disruptions to be tested in military exercises Senators Urge FCC to Reconsider Order Granting Ligado Applications Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Meeting Set for September 19-20 EuroGeographics welcomes strengthened UN-GGIM Reveal Technology and Teal Drones Demonstrate Multi-Drone Mapping...

Embracing the Drone Revolution

Surveyor business models changing in the BVLOS era Over the past few months, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), working with the drone industry, academia, and general aviation membership organizations such as AOPA (www.aopa.org) and NBAA (www.nbaa.org), has been able to advance the cause of uncrewed flights beyond visual line of sight of the operator (BVLOS). ...