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Utility corridor mapping and monitoring is a prime example of an application that is constrained by the current FAA Section 333 VLOS rule. (Here a hydroelectric power transmission tower being inspected by an Aeryon Scout. Courtesy of SkyDroid.)

Getting Beyond VLOS

The FAA’s streamlined Section 333 exemption and COA process is welcome, but there’s still a fly in the ointment.  While the ongoing FAA Section 333 exemption process is a big step in the right direction for UAS, all operators flying under these exemptions are constrained by the VLOS rule: all flights must be conducted within...

xyHt News Links: 10/23/15

Trimble to Provide Geospatial Software and Online Training for Post-Graduate Distance Learning Programs with UNIGIS International Topcon announces DS-200i connectivity with Autodesk BIM 360 Layout app Lead’Air, Inc. announces a new 9 camera oblique system which could cause 5 camera oblique systems to become outdated MAPPS Takes Seat on FAA UAS Registration Task Force

Boundary Survey

The Record 1/16 Corner

Glenny Dale (The Old Man), picked his way slowly through the pines, looking down and left and right, trying to remember where the old pipe was. Two Steller’s Jays perched on a pine branch directly above. One of them blended into the deep blue sky, the other into the black pine shadows. Their slightest flicker...

This combined lidar data set of the southern island includes sidescan sonar, shoreline lidar, and terrestrial static lidar.

A Shore Thing

Integrity monitoring the islands of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel involves combining hydrographic survey, lidar, shoreline survey, and terrestrial lidar survey. Rigorous structural integrity monitoring to extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure is an economic necessity. Remote sensing and integrated remote sensing provide new ways to monitor all elements of a structure in fine detail....

xyHt News Links: 10/9/15

Orbit GT to showcase new UAS Mapping product at UAS Expo, Las Vegas Topcon announces rotary-wing UAS Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz to Unveil Restored Mason-Dixon Instrument Denver, FAA Partner on Drone Safety LizardTech Publishes Industry Survey Results on Raster Imagery and LiDAR Data Challenges Inuitive announces NU3000 based reference design for Project Tango

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