Tag Archives: drones

xyHt News Links: 10/7/16

GeoSLAM (handheld laser scanning) and Blackdog Robotics (unmanned robotic vehicles)partner for remote surveying in hazardous environments/uneven terrain TerrAvion Launches First Aerial Imaging Solution Specifically Designed for Rangeland Trimble Changes Name to Reflect Company’s Technology Evolution Teledyne Optech to introduce new static and mobile surveying solutions at INTERGEO 2016 senseFly to Unveil new RTK/PPK-Ready, Large Coverage  Mapping Drone at INTERGEO 2016...

xyHt News Links: 9/2/16

Satlab New Product Announcement: SLC Handheld Four land surveyors share their experiences of using professional drones in their work. Airobotics Selects SimActive’s Photogrammetry Software for its Automated Industrial Drone Solution Carlson Software Releases BRx6 GNSS Receiver New Kespry Drone 2.0 Has Twice the Aerial Coverage senseFly launches new drone Property Drone Consortium and Marion County,...

Applications engineer Jeff DeBoer demonstrates interchangeable payload options enabled by the “V” airframe of the new UAS, Falcon 8. Two models are offered: GeoEXPERT for surveying and InspectionPRO for industrial inspection.

Your sUAS Un-checklist

We’re all familiar with the concept of checklists: handy organizational tools for getting things done. As business persons, you should also be familiar with the concept of “barriers to entry”: the greater the obstacles, the more difficult it is for a business to enter a market, and vice versa. And unless you’ve beaten Elon Musk...

xyHt News Links: 5/20/16

Teledyne Optech and GeoShack sign North American distribution agreement CHC launches high-end GNSS receiver for science, surveying HP Delivers World’s First Production-Ready 3D Printing System COPTRZ™ Launch: Changing The Face Of Construction With Drones Optech Eclipse to be introduced to international audiences at GEO Business UK Esri introduces high-precision GNSS mobile GIS software

An Inside Look

The New FAA UAS Registration Recommendations The UAS Registration Task Force (RTF) Aviation Rulemaking Committee has recently published its recommendations. For an insider’s look, we talked to Altavian’s John Perry, a member of the committee. Unmanned & Unlimited: Could you give us your take on the process? As a representative of MAPPS and as a...

Chris McFadzean and colleague Lisa Irving with the Trimble UX5 UAS.

1,500+ Flights

Can an owner/operator sustain a thriving business using only UAS? It’s happening in New Zealand with orthophotography of farmland. After little more than four years in the orthophotographic business, Chris McFadzean, owner/operator of Epiphany Mapping in New Zealand, has logged more than 1,500 UAS flights. This makes him one of the most experienced UAS pilots...