The complete beginner’s guide to drone photography
Never has it been so easy to capture
aerial images of some of the world’s most stunning (and sometimes hard
to reach) places. The drone—a sky-high flying, unmanned camera—is
undoubtedly the...
Review of DJI’s Pix4D Mapper
Product Review
We all have 2D photos, but only a few of
us may have thought of the possibility to transform these photos into an
accurate and detailed 3D model....
How accurate is your drone survey? Everything you need to know.
Drones seem to have the potential to revolutionize numerous areas of
our lives, but today their biggest disruption is in the field of
mapping. These small flying machines have made mapping...
The Marines’ New Drone-Killer Aces Its First Real World Test
The Marines’ New Drone-Killer Aces Its First Real World Testquality, durability and flight time. Here are the best.
Last Thursday, nearly a month after Iran shot a $220 million US drone
out...
Pix4D Photogrammetry Software for senseFly Drones
Pix4D’s advanced photogrammetry software uses the images captured by drones to generate 3D models and maps, such as professional orthomosaics, point clouds, 3D models and more. The Pix4D...
To the Rescue! Why Drones in Police Work Are the Future of Crime Fighting
At approximately 3:12 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2013, federal law enforcement
officers shot and killed 65-year-old survivalist and Vietnam veteran
Jimmy Lee Dykes. Six days prior, Dykes had boarded a school...
IIT Madras students develop ‘Agricopter’ to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural farms
The innovation will allowing spraying pesticides ten times faster and with 100% precision at the same cost as manual sprayingThe
team of three then set out to design a technological solution...
Professional drone surveying applications
Terrestrial, aerial or bathymetric survey
helps in establishing plans on which the topography of a township, town,
village, urban area, agricultural area, valley, pit, open pit mine, or a
river, lake...
How Might Drone Racing Drive Innovation?
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Over the past 15 years, drones have progressed from laboratory
demonstrations...
DJI recommends free Kittyhawk LAANC service for recreational pilots
Earlier today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that LAANC
would be available for hobbyist drone pilots to gain access to
controlled airspace. DJI followed with their own announcement,
recommending the...
