From Simactive Canadian mapping software company SimActive has added additional capacity to be able to automatically assess multiple volumes of material (aggregates and other material) for projects and to report based upon the findings. If the same area is being flown, users can then compare the volumes and access differences …
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San Francisco-based Swift Navigation is working to make autonomous vehicles – including autonomous drones – more accurate. Swift Navigation has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom that will bring their super accurate positioning system – accuracy to less than 10 cm – to Telekom customers. “Precise Positioning opens the doors …
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Japan’s team teTra, a group of aerospace professionals who came together to compete in the GoFly Prize, has won the GoFly Final Flyoff for their personal flying machine design – but the big prize is still in the offing. It may sound like a dream, but the GoFly Prize is …
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Jean-Christophe BENOIST / CC BY 3.0 Drones are being recognized as a culturally significant development. In a recent press release, DJI announced that one of their Agricultural drones is being exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as part of an exhibit “Countryside, The Future Explores Digital Impact On the …
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image courtesy Percepto One of the most dangerous and unpleasant effects of extreme weather is a loss of power across large areas. Florida Power & Light is accustomed to the problem – and they’re finding new ways to deal with it. The power company has received an FAA waiver to …
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Voice of America News: Scott Bobb reports from the Suruç, Turkey/ Kobane, Syrian border; “Turkish Border Towns Hosting Thousands of Kobani Refugees”. / Public domain Drones have an important role to play in journalism. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, an aerial picture is worth even more. Drone footage …
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In the continuing race for the major UTM providers to establish relationships with existing legacy based installed air traffic control systems, NAV CANADA and Unifly have just signed an agreement for Unifly to develop, train and implement an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system that will be integrated into the …
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image public domain Artificial Intelligence (AI) definitely tops the list of important themes for the drone industry. From data management to flight automation, AI has been part of the description. But how exactly does AI power processes like industrial inspections? An integration between a drone data management platform and an …
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Remote ID has been a charged topic in the industry. While some stakeholders feel that the proposed rule must be completely reworked, others have taken the more hopeful view that the rule is a good start towards a workable solution. As part of our continuing coverage of the FAA’s Notice …
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While drone detection systems have gotten more and more sophisticated over the last few years, the problem of how to actually mitigate a rogue drone remains – and it’s a thornier problem than you might think. “Shoot ’em down” seems like an obvious answer – but aside from the fact …
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