French drone manufacturer Parrot has taken an interesting sideways step into the commercial market this week. The company has announced that two of its latest consumer drones are being repurposed to meet the needs of professionals in agriculture, mapping and inspection, for industries ranging from construction to real estate. Parrot announced that more than a third of its … [Read more...] about Parrot Repurposes Consumer Models for Commercial Market
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Black Swift Demonstrates sUAS System for Land Surveys at Extreme Altitudes
Black Swift Technologies (BST) is a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder that develops turnkey drone surveying systems. They recently conducted a successful survey of deploying a drone at extreme altitudes to capture and deliver geo-referenced digital aerial images. It was an autonomous flight that enabled detailed actionable information to be obtained cost-effectively … [Read more...] about Black Swift Demonstrates sUAS System for Land Surveys at Extreme Altitudes
Accuracy in Drone Mapping: What You Need to Know
Guest post by DroneDeploy Accuracy in Drone Mapping: What You Need to Know Over the last few years, as drone technology has advanced, so too has the ability for drone maps to be highly accurate. But what exactly do we mean when we talk about accuracy in drone mapping? Is it always important for a map to be highly accurate? And what range of accuracy can you … [Read more...] about Accuracy in Drone Mapping: What You Need to Know
SenseFly to Unveil eBee Plus with Survey Grade Mapping
Parrot's commercial drone company senseFly has announced that they will unveil the eBee Plus system next week at the InterGEO conference in Hamburg, Germany. The new eBee Plus system enhances eBee's existing fixed-wing commercial drones, industry leaders in many applications including agriculture. The new system adds a photogrammetry-optimised RGB sensor and next-gen flight … [Read more...] about SenseFly to Unveil eBee Plus with Survey Grade Mapping
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
