Heisha Tech has created an drone-agnostic, autonomous drone kit that allows developers to create drone-in-a-box solutions for their commercial drone solution – and it could be a game changer for the drone industry. Autonomous drones are big news. As regulations for flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) develop around …
Read More »Mapping with Thermal Drones Teledyne FLIR
Mapping with Thermal Drones: Teledyne FLIR Talks Best Practices Teledyne FLIR are the world leaders in thermal imaging. Mapping with thermal drones equipped with longwave infrared (LWIR) cameras – whether for solar farm or roof inspections, or for search and rescue or security missions, is getting more critical as drone flight beyond …
Read More »Digital Twins and Turnarounds Optelos CEO David Tran
Saving Time, Reducing Risk: Using Digital Twins to Optimize Turnarounds Enterprise companies are inundated with digital data: from aerial images to ground-based walkthroughs, companies have more information available to them than ever before. But is all of this data helping the bottom line? At the Energy Drone and Robotics Summit …
Read More »USC Spatial Sciences Institute Drones in GIS Mapping
The University of Southern California Spatial Sciences Institute offers flexible, online degree and certificate programs that provide the education -and the respected credentials – required to succeed in using drones for GIS mapping. Read on to learn more about how the University of Southern California is helping to shape the …
Read More »Heisha DNEST Turns DJI Mavic Zoom into Drone-in-a-Box
The new HEISHA DNEST takes HEISHA’s signature autonomous charging pad and makes it smaller, sleeker and sheltered with added functionality: allowing any user to turn a commercial-off-the-shelf drone into an autonous, drone-in-the-box solution. “HEISHA used to focus on industrial platforms,” says CEO Ling Lu . “In 2020, we began to get more and more consumer demands – but that presented big challenges. …
Read More »Thermal Payload for Public Safety FLIR TZ20
FLIR’s Vue® TZ20 Hi-Res Dual Thermal Zoom has all the features to make it the ultimate thermal payload for public safety and more. Situational awareness is a key benefit of public safety drone programs. For law enforcement, an early understanding of a scene can improve the safety of all involved. …
Read More »Global Trends in the Mapping Industry During the Pandemic
The following is a guest post by Philippe Simard, Ph.D., President of SimActive, Inc. Global Trends in the Mapping Industry during the Pandemic The pandemic has brough uncertainties to all businesses and the mapping industry has been no exception. Slowdowns were observed during the first few months of 2020 as …
Read More »Heisha D.Nest Offers a Drone-in-a-Box Solution with a COTS D…
Drone-in-a-box solutions are the ultimate in automation – a drone that lands to a home base and charges itself, ready to fly again without needing a human hand. The Heisha D.Nest offers a drone-in-the-box solution for the commercial off the shelf (COTS) drone you are probably already using. Heisha D.Nest …
Read More »U.S. Drone Manufacturer Inspired Flight Designs DJI M600 Alt…
IF1200 Hero Photo U.S. drone manufacturer Inspired Flight has introduced a made in the U.S.A. alternative to the DJI M600, appropriate for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) missions: the IF1200. The IF1200 Hexacopter is a brand new, federally compliant heavy-lift drone. “Supporting payloads up to 8kg lift capacity and with …
Read More »DroneLogBook Wants to Take Care of the Compliance for You: S…
Enterprise adoption of drone technology – either outsourced or in-house – is a great development for the industry. Enterprise programs, however, require high levels of operational oversight and regulatory compliance. Some programs have had to develop – and then endlessly upgrade and maintain – their own systems to accommodate. Others …
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