InterDrone - held Sept. 5-7 in Las Vegas this year -is getting close. There is so much to see and learn at the biggest commercial drone event in North America that planning is a good idea. We surveyed our partners to see what they were offering this year - here's a list of booths and events that you won't want to miss. ANRA Technologies, Booth 206 ANRA provides … [Read more...] about Headed to InterDrone? Here are Some Booths You Shouldn’t Miss.
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DroneDeploy Introduces the World’s First Machine Learning-Driven Drone Map Processing Engine
In October of 2017, we published a story about DroneDeploy's huge growth: "In just this year, the company has mapped more than 25 million acres, representing an area larger than the country of Iceland. They’ve processed 40 million images in 2017, create thousands of maps every day, and have processed 750k measurements on the platform so far this year." What does all that … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Introduces the World’s First Machine Learning-Driven Drone Map Processing Engine
2018 Drone Industry Benchmark Survey: Who’s Buying Drones, Using Drone Software, and Why?
Skylogic Research, LLC, the leading research and advisory services firm for the commercial drone industry and owner of Drone Analyst®, just announced the launch of its third annual Drone Market Sector Research survey, which promises to be its most comprehensive study of drone market trends and usage to date. The online portion of this research seeks to get information about who … [Read more...] about 2018 Drone Industry Benchmark Survey: Who’s Buying Drones, Using Drone Software, and Why?
DroneDeploy Scores $25M in New Round: Here’s What it Takes to Get Funding These Days
San Francisco-based drone mapping platform DroneDeploy just scored another $25 million in funding. Here's why that's not surprising. This week I had a conversation with an investment banker, who mentioned casually that the VC appetite for drone companies had diminished in the last year. With the drone industry moving a bit more slowly than expected on some fronts - blame … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Scores $25M in New Round: Here’s What it Takes to Get Funding These Days
From the British Academy to the Edge of the Sahara: This Intrepid Team Uses Drones to Monitor Endangered Heritage Sites
It's an often unaddressed but tragic outcome of war: the loss of heritage buildings and sites central to the identity of a community. Now, a group of humanitarians is using drones and mapping tools from DroneDeploy to monitor and document these sites. Led by humanitarian Nicholas Mellor, the founder of the mCubed Initiative of LSN Ltd., the team "is pioneering the use of … [Read more...] about From the British Academy to the Edge of the Sahara: This Intrepid Team Uses Drones to Monitor Endangered Heritage Sites