An expanding search pattern for a UAV on the UgCS platform. (Image: Airborne Response)

Search pattern planning for UAVs helps rescue response

August 9, 2018

UgCS, a provider of mission planning software for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and public safety and disaster response […]

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This article is tagged with Airborne Response, disaster response, search and rescue, search pattern, Tom Oatmeyer, UAS, UAV, UAV software, UgCS and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, UAV/UGV

Source: Simon Batzdorfer, Markus Bobbe, Martin Becker and Ulf Bestmann, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig

Teaming ground and air vehicles for an autonomous multi-sensor survey

April 9, 2018

By Simon Batzdorfer, Markus Bobbe, Martin Becker and Ulf Bestmann, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig All images courtesy of the […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, disaster response, environmental sensors, GNSS, IMU, lidar, multi-sensor, orthophoto, photogrammetry, search and rescue, surveying, UAV, UGV and posted in Survey, UAV/UGV

Image: GPS World

Esri, DigitalGlobe map California wildfires

October 12, 2017

Using live data from USGS and Waze, a new Esri interactive map visualizes active wildfire locations and traffic alerts […]

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This article is tagged with disaster response, emergency response, Northern California, traffic jams, USDA, USGS, Waze, wildfires and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping

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EagleView capturing Hurricane Irma imagery to speed response

September 12, 2017

EagleView Technologies is actively flying to acquire post-storm imagery in Florida following Hurricane Irma. With more than 20 […]

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This article is tagged with aerial imagery, disaster response, EagleView, EagleView Technologies, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, UAV imagery, UAV inspection and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping, UAV/UGV

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Hurricane Irma prep gets boost from Esri resource catalog

September 8, 2017

Esri has published a Hurricane Irma Resource Catalog in advance of the Category 4 hurricane cutting through the Caribbean islands […]

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This article is tagged with disaster response, emergency, Esri, evacuation, Hurricane Irma, maps, traffic, Waze and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping

Image: GPS World

PNT Roundup: DARPA FLA program tests sensor-loaded quadcopters

September 8, 2016

MicroUAVs Self-Navigate Indoors with Inertial, Cameras, More The sensor-loaded quadcopters edged around obstacles and achieved target speeds of […]

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This article is tagged with 3DR, DARPA, disaster response, PNT Roundup, quadcopters and posted in UAV/UGV