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UAS — Don’t Blink

The audible signature of drones is readily recognizable. With the flood of consumer drones, the distinctive whir of those little propellers fills our skies and thoughts. But there is another sound associated with drones and their commercial manifestation in the form of UAVs and UAS that might someday soon be cause for alarm: the “whoosh”...

xyHt News Links: 4/22/16

3D Robotics Announces Transformative New Software for the Solo Smart Drone Platform Topcon and RDO announce expansion to GNSS network service Trimble Announces Call for Speakers for its 2016 Dimensions User Conference Introduction of complete propulsion systems at Xponential 2016 Investigation launched over possible UAV/airplane collision Leica Geosystems launches smart antenna with superior performance DJI Unveils...

This image was taken by a UAS for vegetation inventory in wetlands in Wisconsin. Credit: Continental Mapping.

UAS Legislative Round-Up

What will 2016 mean for online commercial sUAS registration in the NAS? Online Registration Last year, registration for hobby/recreational sUAS went online. It was so simple I think it has confused people as to what the commercial registration process will look like. Because I have a recreational sUAS and am required to register it, I...

The RiCOPTER UAS with VUX-SYS lidar is the first integrated survey-grade laser scanner-UAS.

Shedding Light on Lidar

RIEGL USA’s CEO talks about the important trends in the lidar profession.  For an inside look at the lidar profession, Heights interviewed James Van Rens, CEO of RIEGL USA. RIEGL provides a wide range of lidar scanning solutions for the aerial mapping and surveying profession, as well as mobile and terrestrial scanning applications. Van Rens...

xyHt News Links: 4/1/16

East View Now Offering PlanetDEM 30 Plus Trimble Seismic Navigation Systems Support Stakeless Operations for Geophysical Exploration Boundless Launches Complete Open Source GIS Platform for the Enterprise Driverless Conference sparks autonomous car development analysis FARO® Introduces World’s First 3D Scan Localizer and the First FARO Innovation Product Introduction in FARO’s new Early Adopter (EA) Program...

An Inside Look

The New FAA UAS Registration Recommendations The UAS Registration Task Force (RTF) Aviation Rulemaking Committee has recently published its recommendations. For an insider’s look, we talked to Altavian’s John Perry, a member of the committee. Unmanned & Unlimited: Could you give us your take on the process? As a representative of MAPPS and as a...