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Drones equipped with GNSS, inertial a game changer

April 1, 2020

Why do we keep hearing about unmanned aircraft all the time, almost everywhere? Fortunately, the buzz has gone […]

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This article is tagged with defense, drone, GNSS, inspection, mapping, precise point positioning, real-time kinematic, survey, transportation, UAV and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

PrecisionHawk’s Jaymie Young and Matt Tompkins fly a UAV with the hosts of History Channel’s “Lost Gold of World II” in the Philippines in late 2018. (Photo: PrecisionHawk)

Lidar a viable tool for archeological exploration

April 1, 2020

The collection of about 300 giant geoglyphs known as Nasca Lines were etched into the ground in the […]

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This article is tagged with fixed-wing UAV, Ithaca College, lidar, lidar sensor, Matteo Luccio, PrecisionHawk, rotary-wing UAV, Teledyne Optech, Trimble, UAV and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

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Conducting integrated drone surveys at a congested airport

April 1, 2020

Airports are extremely congested spaces, both on land and in the air, making it difficult to conduct surveys […]

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This article is tagged with airport, airport survey, eBee, Gessner Engineering, GNSS base station, Pix4D Mapper, sensefly, senseFly eBee fixed-wing drone, survey, UAV survey and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

The Edge1 computer + GNSS base station helps survey a mine. (Photo: Skycatch)

Skycatch system provides in-the-field UAV maps

April 1, 2020

The Edge1 system by Skycatch is a combination GNSS base station and drone data-processing unit that delivers high-accuracy […]

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This article is tagged with BeiDou, drone data, Edge1, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS base station, GPS, Skycatch and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

Prepping for flight: Andreas Garbe, AgSurvey, sets up the UX5 HP for a topographic survey at Severn Beach, a village in South Gloucestershire. (Photo: Trimble)

AG Surveys collects topographic beach surveys throughout England

April 1, 2020

Based in Bristol, AG Surveys has been collecting topographic beach surveys around the country as part of England’s […]

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This article is tagged with AG Surveys, Applanix, Delair, GNSS receiver, topographic beach survey, topographic survey, Trimble, Trimble UX5 unmanned aerial system, UX5 HP and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

XAG introduces agricultural drones for farmers in China. The XMission drone can reduce costs on fertilizer, pesticides and other treatments. (Photo: XAG/Unicore)

Unicore GNSS Guides XAG Drones in China

April 1, 2020

Pesticides, fertilizers and water are the most important means to enhance agricultural crop production. The prevalent infestation of […]

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This article is tagged with agricultural drone, coronavirus, drone, UAV, Unicore, Unicore UM482, Xag, XAG XMission drone, XMission, XMission drone and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

Wingtra brings wind energy to the Swiss Alps

April 1, 2020

Site-survey preparations for a windfarm of 20 300-foot tall wind turbines might have been quite complex for a […]

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This article is tagged with AsteRx-m2, drone, multirotor drone, Septentrio, UAV, vertical take-off and landing, VTOL, Wingtra, WingtraOne VTOL drone and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

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Lidar pairs with unmanned helicopter

April 1, 2020

The UAV market has been growing rapidly for the past several years, especially in the U.S. with the […]

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This article is tagged with CL-360, CL-series, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Galaxy 950, InnoFlight, lidar, lidar data, lidar system, Lidar USA and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV