Tag Archives: uas
xyHt Magazine January 2017 Issue
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SolidCAD partners with leading aerial analytics company, 3DR! LizardTech Unveils Lossless Compression of Harris Geiger-Mode LiDAR Data in GeoExpress 9.5.3 Topcon announces distribution with Intel for both fixed- and rotary-wing UAS solutions
UAS Crystal Ball 2017
Four things to watch for in the UAS space next year. Regulation: I just made up an acronym—“GBVLOS”—Getting beyond visual line of sight. With the rollout of the FAA’s Rule 107 allowing sUAS into the NAS for commercial work, the profession breathed a sigh of relief. Issues still remain, though: namely exemptions for BVLOS. So...
xyHt Magazine November 2016 Issue
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Drone design: What Goes into Designing a Drone?
A UAS firm tackles a topographic mission at 10,000 feet above sea level with their own system. (Above: IST Aerial’s Bo LeRoy uses the firm’s DJI Inspire One to collect data for volumetric calculations for compost piles located on a landfill in Colorado.) IST Aerial is a division of Integrated Science and Technology (IST), founded 25...
Don’t Drone On: Drone Talk & Geospatial Professionals
How to explain the value of UAS to geospatial professionals. I’m the business development director at microdrones, where one of my goals is to help customers–who sell services like aerial mapping, surveying, infrastructure inspection, and monitoring precision agriculture–communicate to their potential clients the value of using UAS. This can be tricky in such a high-tech...
