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Parrot partners with Rapid Imaging on live AR mapping

April 27, 2021By Tracy Cozzens

Drone company Parrot is partnering with Rapid Imaging, a technology provider delivering geospatial augmented reality (AR) and situational awareness solutions to government and enterprise users. The partnership pairs Parrot ANAFI USA platform drones and the FreeFly SDK with Rapid Imaging’s SmartCam3D SDK, a geospatial augmented reality and situational awareness platform for unmanned aircraft systems. SmartCam3D overlays geospatial data such as street vectors,... read more

This article is tagged with augmented reality, drone, geospatial augmented reality, live drone video, Parrot, Rapid Imaging, search and rescue, situational awareness, SmartCam3D SDK, UAV and posted in GIS News, Imagery, Mapping, UAS/UAV

Smart infrastructure depends on GIS

April 14, 2021By William Tewelow, GISP

Get ready! Here comes the boom. The physical and digital world are integrating. We are nearing the edge of the analog universe. Physical immersion is giving way to virtual immersion. It is the virtualization of products and services in the evolution of technology. Michael Saylor calls it the sixth wave of software engineering. We are moving away from externally experiencing... read more

This article is tagged with 3D mesh network, 3D models, 5G networks, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, GeoAI, geospatial artificial intelligence, geospatial information systems, infrastructure, microdevices, robots, solar panels, UAVs and posted in Featured Stories, GeoIntelligence Insider, GIS Software, Technology, UAS/UAV

Auterion partners with C2 Group to drive US-made drone adoption

February 23, 2021By Tracy Cozzens

Auterion, an open-source drone software platform provider, has partnered with C2 Group — a program, project and construction management firm — to power the use of drones for inspection, mapping and disaster response across the utilities and critical infrastructure industries. The collaboration has been formed after C2 Group conducted extensive testing of the Vantage Robotics Vesper drone powered by Auterion... read more

This article is tagged with Auterion, C2 Group, critical infrastructure, drone, inspection, inspections, power lines, sUAS-certified, U.S. military, UAV, UAV inspection, Utilities, Vantage Robotics, Vesper and posted in Technology, UAS/UAV

SPH Engineering announces support for DJI M300

February 23, 2021By Tracy Cozzens

SPH Engineering has released a UgCS update, adding support for the DJI M300 commercial drone. UgCS supports all flight planning patterns of the DJI M300, such as photogrammetry, corridor mapping and facade inspections. UgCS allows to manage the following route parameters: speed, altitude, heading, camera attitude, camera triggering modes (by time, and by distance), turn types (Stop & Turn or... read more

This article is tagged with corridor mapping, DJI M300, flight planning, photogrammetry, SPH Engineering, UAV, UgCS and posted in GIS News, Technology, UAS/UAV

Global trends in the mapping industry during the pandemic

September 22, 2020By Philippe Simard, Ph.D.

By Philippe Simard, Ph.D. President, SimActive Inc. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought uncertainties to all businesses, and the mapping industry has been no exception. Slowdowns were observed during the first few months of 2020 as lockdowns were gradually enforced in Asia, then Europe, and finally the Americas. As expected, projects were delayed during that initial period as companies were reorganizing their... read more

This article is tagged with coronavirus, COVID-19, geospatial, infrastructure, mapping industry, pandemic, Philippe Simard, SimActive and posted in COVID-19, Featured Stories, GIS News, GSS Monthly, Technology, UAS/UAV

AI and intuitive cameras pave way for future of aerial imaging

September 2, 2020By GSS Staff

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Advancements in sensors, cameras and automation have fueled the growth of the aerial imaging industry, which is expected to reach $2.83 billion by 2022. By Swamini Kulkarni Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, often gain the spotlight with to their ability to capture the view from a vantage point. For years, airborne cameras have clicked never-seen-before pictures across planet. Now imaging... read more

This article is tagged with aerial imaging, AirSelfie, Allied Market Research, artificial intelligence, nearmap, Skydio, Swamini Kulkarni, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and posted in GIS News, Imagery, Technology, UAS/UAV

3 keys to successful canopy penetration

August 26, 2020By GSS Staff

RedTail Lidar System’s RTL-400 delivers the trifecta Summer is here, and with it comes the challenge of creating accurate topographic maps under tree canopies. The adoption of drone-based, 3D light detection and ranging — or lidar — is emerging as the go-to sensing technique to meet this challenge consistently, safely and cost effectively. Designed specifically for use on small drones,... read more

This article is tagged with 4D Tech Solutions, digital terrain model, DTM, point cloud, RedTail Lidar Systems, RTL-400, tree canopy, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, UAV lidar technology, West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, WVDEP Division of Mining and Reclamation and posted in GIS News, GSS Monthly, Lidar, Technology, UAS/UAV

FAA awards $3.3M in drone grants to universities

August 7, 2020By Allison Kral

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise the FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). “These grants will help develop a greater array of innovative strategies to more effectively deploy... read more

This article is tagged with Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ASSURE grants, ASSURE Program Management, Congress, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Aviation Administration grants, Mississippi State University and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, UAS/UAV

SPH Engineering releases bathymetric drone solution

May 26, 2020By Tracy Cozzens

SPH Engineering has launched a product designed to conduct bathymetric surveys of inland and coastal water. The system — an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) integrated with an echo sounder — is time- and cost-efficient, the company said. It is suitable for mapping, measuring and inspecting tasks as well as environmental monitoring. The system allows field workers to collect data with... read more

This article is tagged with bathymetric survey, bathymetry, echo sounder, SPH Engineering, UAV and posted in GIS News, Technology, UAS/UAV

Analytics and drones detect trash in San Francisco Bay

March 27, 2020By Tracy Cozzens

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Kinetica simplifies active analytics with Kinetica Cloud Kinetica, provider of the Kinetica Active Analytics Platform, has unveiled the Kinetica Cloud. Enterprises can use the full capabilities of the Kinetica platform in an optimal cloud environment, which includes historical data analytics, streaming data analytics, location intelligence and machine learning. Kinetica Cloud was adopted by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), which used... read more

This article is tagged with garbage, Kinetica Active Analytics Platform, Kinetica Cloud, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Estuary Institute, SFEI, trash and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, GIS Software, Mapping, Technology, UAS/UAV

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