Guest post by by Darr Gerscovich, SVP Marketing @DroneDeploy This past Friday at the Drones Data X Conference in San Francisco, Mike Winn, co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy, announced in his keynote that our users had achieved a new industry milestone: 3,000,000 drone mapped acres across 120 countries. Drones Are Transforming All Industries Drones combined with … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Users Map 3,000,000 Acres
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Drone Helps Verify Earthwork at Hospital Construction Site
Guest post by Anya Lamb, Marketing Manager @DroneDeploy According to a report from Goldman Sachs released earlier this year, construction will be the biggest commercial sector for drone use in the near future. We saw a similar trend when we examined DroneDeploy user data in our Commercial Drone Industry Trends report — construction was the fastest-growing industry for … [Read more...] about Drone Helps Verify Earthwork at Hospital Construction Site
Drones Used to Inspect Construction Progress of Rail Projects
New Delhi-based Indian Railway said they will use drones to assess the construction progress of all of the roughly 170 projects that they currently have underway, according to a report by Press Trust of India. Railway officials said they recently used an unmanned aerial vehicle to successfully inspect the ongoing construction work on the railway's broad gauge, mega … [Read more...] about Drones Used to Inspect Construction Progress of Rail Projects
Drone Wins Award at Sacramento Kings Construction Site
Using drones to monitor a construction site is not a new concept. But now it seems drones are a necessity on construction sites if you want to set your work a part. Such is the case at the Golden 1 Center, the future home of the Sacramento Kings. Earlier this month, the Kings announced a new visual data analytics tool, which uses drones to capture aerial photos and videos, … [Read more...] about Drone Wins Award at Sacramento Kings Construction Site
How Drones Can Keep Your Construction Project On Schedule
The process of constructing a building is like baking a cake on a reality TV show - everybody knows what it's supposed to look like at the end, but with so many people involved, it takes can be an arduous process ensuring the finished product looks and works as advertised. Stakeholders in construction projects include owners, general contractors, subcontractors, neighbors, … [Read more...] about How Drones Can Keep Your Construction Project On Schedule
