Drones are significant tools in pipeline surveys - get an professional surveyor's insider look at why, and how to optimize the ROI. The following is a guest post by Dustin Price, a licensed land surveyor and the Operations Manager at Landpoint. For pipeline surveys, there's a lot that needs to be considered: speed, accuracy, budget, and safety. Pipeline surveys occur at … [Read more...] about Professional Viewpoint: How Drones Overcome Major Obstacles in Pipeline Surveys
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Terra For Drone Software Vendors as DJI Launches Mapping & Modeling Tool
Not that many years ago, DJI was credited with forcing several competitors to pivot out of the drone hardware market and into commercial software. The Chinese company's drones were too good and too cheap for the likes of 3DR to compete with. Now the world's leading manufacturer has launched Terra, a new software tool that transforms drone data into 3D models and maps … [Read more...] about Terra For Drone Software Vendors as DJI Launches Mapping & Modeling Tool
Terra Drone Announces New Image Processing Software, “Terra Mapper” to Commercial Market
Terra Drone Co., Ltd. headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, have launched their image processing software "Terra Mapper" designed to assist drone surveying services. Terra Mapper is an automated drone navigation, image processing, and 3D image analysis program that is available in both cloud and desktop versions. It enables users to accurately inspect the 2D & 3D data images … [Read more...] about Terra Drone Announces New Image Processing Software, “Terra Mapper” to Commercial Market
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
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
