Parrot, Logiroad complete ‘impossible’ drone mapping mission over Positano By Jim Magill The Italian town of Positano, which hugs the cliffs along Italy’s scenic Amalfi Coast, is a delight for tourists and fashion lovers, and a nightmare for mapmakers. The city’s topography, with streets that wind along the hills and canyons that run right up the shore of the sea, … [Read more...] about 3D Drone Mapping: Inside Parrot’s “Impossible” Mission Over Positano [VIDEO]
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SimActive’s Philippe Simard on Mapping with Aerial Data: From Entire Countries to One Back Yard
Canada's SimActive is a relative newcomer to the drone industry. They aren't new to aerial mapping, however: the company was founded in 2003 by brothers Philippe and Louis Simard to assist the Canadian army in mapping the entire country of Afghanistan to aid U.S. Troops. Their goal at the time was to make mapping from satellite data easier to use and faster, so that military … [Read more...] about SimActive’s Philippe Simard on Mapping with Aerial Data: From Entire Countries to One Back Yard
Esri Boosts Drone2Map Tool With Upgrade
February has always been great for mapping analytics firm Esri. Last February, the California-based company released Drone2Map for ArcGIS, a powerful application that captures raw, drone-based image data and creates digital surface models, orthomosaics, 3D-point clouds and 3D Shareable PDFs. GIS users who lack the photogrammetry skills can leverage the software to transform … [Read more...] about Esri Boosts Drone2Map Tool With Upgrade
DroneDeploy App Features Contour Export; Enables Operator to Beat Competition
Sponsored by DroneDeploy — Easily leverage drone data in Autodesk AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and other software Elevation data is crucial to many industries. Businesses are beginning to look to drones as a faster, safer, more cost-effective alternative to traditional ground-based survey methods of capturing elevation data. Over the last few months, we’ve rolled out a number of tools … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy App Features Contour Export; Enables Operator to Beat Competition
GIS Drones Could Be a Game-Changer, Lift US Economy
(Source: directionsmag.com) By 2017, the economic impact of integrating unmanned aerial systems into the U.S. economy will exceed $13.6 billion and add 70,000 new jobs, according to forecasts by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. By 2025, this will increase to 100,000 jobs with an impact of $82 billion. The use of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or … [Read more...] about GIS Drones Could Be a Game-Changer, Lift US Economy
