Tag Archives: MAPPS

Modern Surveying: It’s Time to Bury the Dead Presidents

By John M. Palatiello How would you respond if asked to name a famous surveyor? Here’s what prompted me to think about this. In October 2014 at the NSPS leadership meeting in Overland Park, Kansas during the joint Kansas and Missouri surveyors’ conference, my firm arranged for representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) to address the then-NSPS...

xyHt News Links: 7/8/16

Reduction of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) FAA to Answer UAS Rule Questions at MAPPS Summer Conference Trimble R2 GNSS​ Receiver Now Available for Data Collection Trimble Adds Fully Automated Scheduling Capabilities to its Advanced Solution for Field Service Management Dewberry completes US hydrography study for business uses, requirements

And… Geospatial

And is a powerful word. Compare it to or. Few choices in life are as limiting as paper or plastic. When it comes to our professions, the services we provide, and the markets those services represent, it may be a bad idea to impose limitations on ourselves. Perhaps we need to take a deep breath...

xyHt News Links: 3/11/16

Trimble 4D Control Software Supports IBIS-FM Radar Device for Slope Stability and Structural Monitoring in Mining TerraGo Launches On-Demand Solution for Mobile Forms, Inspections and Surveys Topcon announces new geodetic antenna Maptek modelling and exploration technology on show at PDAC Teledyne Optech Press Release: Innovative solutions for bathymetry at Oceanology International 2016 3DR collaborates with...

xyHt News Links: 2/5/16

Topcon releases entry-level ES series total station Topcon announces new indicate machine control system for dozers AUVSI provides interactive map of UAS legislation Sokkia introduces SHC5000 field controller Topcon announces Topcon Solutions Stores Topcon introduces next generation machine control Autodesk Announces Restructuring Plan to Accelerate Transition to Cloud and Subscription Business MAPPS, NSPS Announce 2016...

Utility corridor mapping and monitoring is a prime example of an application that is constrained by the current FAA Section 333 VLOS rule. (Here a hydroelectric power transmission tower being inspected by an Aeryon Scout. Courtesy of SkyDroid.)

Getting Beyond VLOS

The FAA’s streamlined Section 333 exemption and COA process is welcome, but there’s still a fly in the ointment.  While the ongoing FAA Section 333 exemption process is a big step in the right direction for UAS, all operators flying under these exemptions are constrained by the VLOS rule: all flights must be conducted within...