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  Drone insurance is growing in importance for the drone industry-  and in response to that need, REIN’s DroneInsurance.com, is making it easier than ever for professionals to get the coverage they need.  DroneInsurance.com has announced a deep integration DroneDeploy.  The integration will allow DroneDeploy’s more than 30,000 users easy access to …

Oceans Unmanned Capt. Brian Taggart, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Institute (NOAA) (ret.) has spent a career flying all types of aircraft – manned and unmanned – to gather aerial data for conservation.  Now, he heads the Oceans Unmanned project, an organization developed to use drones to support conservation, education and …

image: DroneDeploy Day 2 of the DroneDeploy Conference in San Francisco kicked off yesterday with a keynote address from co-founders CEO Mike Winn, Jono Millin and Nick Pilkington.  DroneDeploy is announcing major new functionality for the platform. DroneDeploy, the world’s leading drone mapping platform, has had another phenomenal year of …

3 Comments Posted on July 8, 2018 I recently got the new DJI Mavic Air drone and did an unboxing/some first flight tests to show you guys how the footage and image quality looks (scroll down to the end of this post to download the 4K footage and a RAW …

At today’s DroneDeploy conference in San Francisco, a group of industry experts offered three different perspectives on progress in the drone industry. Colin Snow of Skylogic Research, is an influential industry analyst.  His yearly industry benchmark report is based upon actual survey data, and provides a realistic view of year …

Ray Pascua has been in the drone industry for over a decade.  He’s been an award winning cinematographer and done some amazing videography in his career – and now he’s taking that drone expertise to ground level, working with one of the most innovative construction companies in the world.  As …

2 Comments Posted on July 21, 2018   Makayla Wheeler (@mgwpro) is a 20-year-old filmmaker and drone pilot who recently released her new documentary called ‘Wonder of the Blue’. Makayla’s 18-minute film explores the ocean’s effect on the human brain by looking at the human/water connection. ‘Wonder of the Blue’ …

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DroneDeploy‘s annual user conference opened today in San Francisco; and in addition to training opportunities, partner demonstrations, and a lot of face time with other drone professionals;, the company is offering a closer look at the technology behind their industry-leading platform. DroneDeploy co-founder Jono Millin said in his opening remarks …

Dear Dronists, We are very excited to announce the winners of the 4th annualInternational Drone Photography Contest. Thank you all for participating! We are very proud of our community! Pride, that’s what we felt when we met National Geographic for the jury and reviewed the thousand of pictures submitted for …