by Raman Kirpal Firstpost The BJP should get ready for its next major embarrassment. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to photograph illegal mining in Morena in Madhya Pradesh. On 7 March, an upright IPS officer Narender Kumar, was killed while trying to stop illegal mining in the area. The CBI, which was given...
We are edging ever closer to an off the shelf $500 mapping drone. By the time regulations are in place in the USA to allow civil UAS commercial flight $500 platforms will more than likely be everywhere. The development of post processing solutions such as Microsoft’s Photosynth are making it easier to create product from simple platforms. Many of the more...
By: Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Grand Forks Herald FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — The foam-and-balsa-wood gizmo sitting idle in the offices of Otter Tail County isn’t exactly the spitting image of the sleek unmanned warplanes the word “drone” brings to mind. Its mission is to photograph drainage ditches, not enemy targets. At 6 pounds, it would be hard-pressed to take down...
A company says it has signed an agreement with Bowen Basin mining companies in central Queensland to use unmanned drone aircraft to service local coal mines. UAV Australia says it has ordered two planes to be based in Gladstone and Mackay. Managing director Aonghus Stevens says the planes will be able to deliver critical parts to mines safely and...
DAYTON, Ohio—Speaking at the first annual Ohio UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Conference, held at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH, MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to include commercial aerial survey operators in its Congressionally-mandated plan to certify civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. Palatiello spoke on the role of...
The new Photo3S-NIR™ payload from Aeryon Labs enhances Scout micro-UAV system for use in environmental and engineering assessment, precision agriculture, and other GIS applications. The Photo3S™ and Photo3S-NIR™ both feature 3-axis stabilization for precision imaging. Aeryon Labs is pleased to introduce the latest addition to its line of integrated imaging payloads with immediate availability of the new Photo3S-NIR (Near-IR). ...
By Larry Dreiling High Plains/Midwest AG Journal As producers undertake spring planting, it’s useful to look at what is ahead of them in the near future as they complete their purchases of seed, fertilizer, and crop protection products. Likewise, it’s rather fun to see what may be ahead just a few short years from now as the research community...
Another positive use story and in essence something being undertaken by commercial operations in Europe and Australia. USU students are flying under COA’s hopefully before some of them finish their courses rules will be in place to make this a commercially viable operation in the USA. Those students will be leaving with valuable skills. Well done to the team...
Montlingen, Switzerland – April 5th, 2012 – NVS Technologies AG, a leading developer of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, announces today the release of the optimised & raw data output enabled Firmware v0204 for its NV08C-CSM and NV08C-MCM GPS/GLONASS Receivers. The Firmware v0204 provides significant performance improvements, as well as a group delay calibrated raw data (Carrier phase,...
Take one piece of software that can stitch 2D photos into a 3D model, one camera-carrying UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), and mix well to impress and inspire. This was the recipe used by Autodesk’s Director of Strategic Research, Gonzalo Martinez, when he set about modifying an Octo-Copter UAV for use with Autodesk’s 123D Catch software to simplify the process...
