Tag Archives: drones

Drones in Construction

For decades the construction industry didn’t change much-and then UAV technologies came along Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, as they are commonly called, are mostly electric-powered aircraft, which do not require a pilot onboard and are used to perform tasks that are either too dangerous for humans to do or too expensive with other...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 02/04/2022

National Surveyors Week March 20-26 Trimble Dimensions+ 2022 Call for Speakers Now Open Teledyne Introduces CZMIL SuperNova Lidar Bathymeter Bowler Pons Deploys Cepton’s Smart Lidar Solution to Augment Security for Critical Infrastructure ASPRS Announces February 2022 GeoByte! Riegl VZ-20001 Used for Permanent Forestry Monitoring Aeva Introduces Aeries II, World’s First 4D Lidar with Camera-Level Resolution...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 09/17/2021

Woolpert Acquires AAM, Global Geospatial Leader Sea Machines Embarks on First Autonomous, Remotely Commanded Voyage by an Ocean Tugboat Bentley Systems Acquires Seequent’s Minalytix Intermap Enhances Analytics for Airbus-owned UP42, a Groundbreaking Geospatial Platform Teledyne Combines Expertise of CARIS and Optech to Deliver Solutions for Land and Sea Golden Software Unveils 3D Drillhole Visualization in...

Thinking Ahead

From mapping catchments to inspecting dams, there’s a solid future for UAS technology at public utility companies like the Salt River Project in Arizona

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/27/2021

Aero-Graphics Contracted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) SoCalGas to Use Gas Mapping LiDAR to Reduce Methane Emissions USDA to Use Planet Basemaps for 2021 Growing Season Assessment Maxar Awarded Big Data Analytics Contract from NGA Drone Operations Collaborative Helps Utilities Respond to Disasters Maxar Awarded $26M Contract for NGA’s Open Mapping Platform Hovermap Compatibility Expanded...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/20/2021

Airbus’ UP42 Partners with HyperVerge for AI-based Satellite Imagery Analytics NV5 Geospatial Expands Mobile Mapping Fleet Webinar: Commercial UAV Expo Sneak Peek Future of Enterprise Drone Inspection Arrives with  Plug-and-Play Integration NV5 Geospatial’s Michael Shillenn Elected to MAPPS Board of Directors SAM Announces Acquisition of Johnson Surveying and Mapping Esri and National Geographic Society Launch Global Storytelling Challenge Nearmap Aerial Imagery Expands...