BY KIM ANDREASSEN Geologists have long used seismology on the bottom of the ocean or have been throwing dynamite from snowmobiles when they look for oil. But now researchers at Centre for integrated petroleum research (CIPR), a joint venture between the University of Bergen (UiB) and Uni Research, have found a new preferred method – using drones to map new oil reserves...
Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies upgraded its Orbit Strabo photogrammetric unmanned aerial survey (UAS) mapping application, which is now 90 percent faster than the previous version producing orthorectified images from digital elevation models (DEM) created by captured data. Based in Lokeren, Belgium, Orbit GT is a software maker for exploiting mobile, UAS and aerial mapping data in managing, viewing, extraction, publishing and embedding in...
An interesting chat with Wayne, Kickstarter star and all round good egg. Its not easy bringing a new product to market, especially one that pushes the current envelope a little further. In this case time aloft, Wayne has already flown for two hours and confidently expects the platform to be able to make three. From the successful KickStarter bid:- A high...
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems (www.riegl.com) and Applanix Corporation (www.applanix.com) announced today that the Applanix AP50 GNSS-Inertial sensor system was successfully integrated with RIEGL’s VQ-820-GU topo-bathymetric airborne laser scanner on board the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAV. The RIEGL VQ®-820-GU is specifically designed to survey sea beds, the grounds of rivers or lakes and is well suited for combined land and...
Beaver creek engineering and architecture services company Woolpert have released a video of their Nova III in operation. The Nova III is constructed by Florida based company Altavian the two companies have formed a strategic partnership announced back in February. Airframe specifications Linear Range: 50 miles Endurance: 1.5 hours Cruise Speed: 35 mph Max Speed: 70 mph Altitude: 1200...
NASA Earth science researchers last month traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly a Dragon Eye unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — a small electric aircraft equipped with cameras and sensors — into the volcano’s sulfur dioxide plume and over its summit crater, to study Turrialba’s chemical environment. The project is designed to improve the remote-sensing...
David Dvorak from Field of View wrote to tell us about their products expect a G+ Hangout with David soon. Field of View, an aerial imaging technology company specializing in agriculture, recently released their GeoSnap product line that integrates tightly with Tetracam multispectral cameras. GeoSnap products allow users to generate the succinct image-correlated position/attitude data that is required to...
Agisoft PhotoScan Pro allows to generate high resolution georeferenced orthophotos (up to 5 cm accuracy with GCP) and exceptionally detailed DEMs / textured polygonal models. The fully automated workflow enables a non-specialist to process thousands of aerial images on a desktop computer to produce professional class photogrammetric data. Supported formats Input formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, JPEG Multi-Picture Format...
Speaking to sUAS News Rodrigo Valdivieso is confident of the future UAS market. He shared a compelling video of a precision automated landing. I think I would have put it on the grass though! The first image that comes to mind to most of us when speaking of UAS is a military UAS. But truth is there is a silent...
Woolpert, a national geospatial, design and infrastructure management firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, recently announced it has partnered with Altavian to operate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for aerial surveying and mapping data collection. Altavian, a leading producer of UASs, delivers affordable solutions by developing customized unmanned aircraft that best correspond to a client’s specific application. Woolpert and Altavian...
