HANNOVER, Germany, Oct. 9, 2012 – Trimble introduced today a new version of its Inpho® software products for aerial photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. Inpho 5.5 includes Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) data processing and LPMaster, a new software product…
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Live UAS flight demo during INTERGEO 2012
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MAVinci will offer exciting live UAS flight demonstrations next to the Hannover fair area from 09th-11th October 2012. Visitors of our UAS demonstration can watch the complete mission workflow (flight planning, automatic hand launch, flight and landing) and even give it a…
MAVinci will show new UAS Flight Planning Software features at INTERGEO
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MAVinci Desktop is a professional software that handels all UAV related tasks from flight planning to UAV control. It also functions as an interface to several post processing software solutions. With MAVinci Desktop you are able to handle all jobs from simple up…
Aeromapper Ready to Fly GIS UA.
by Gary Mortimer •
The Aeromapper RTF UAV comes with ArduPilot Mega 2.5 installed and ready, and a great mapping camera: the Casio Exilim H20G with Hybrid GPS. It’s probably one of the best camera options for UAV mapping since it has a GPS…
New kid in the sky.
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Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles show their worth on small-scale photogrammetric projects and offer advantages over traditional aerial mapping and ground surveying. A Canadian company shows how. By Ken Whitehead, MSc Based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia with offices in Alberta…
Drone can do archaeological mapping flight
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Tests of an unmanned drone could lead to surveys of archaeological sites in minutes that currently take years to complete, U.S. researchers say. Tests are under way in Peru of a new system being developed at Vanderbilt University that combines…
Icaros Inc,has released IPS3.1 (Icaros Photogrammetric Suite).
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Icaros Inc, a world-leading developer of photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has released IPS3.1 (Icaros Photogrammetric Suite) version. This new version offers a more efficient orthophoto production. The version includes improved user interface and user experience, a…
Maker of the AR Drone invests in GIS. Is cheap, commerical drone mapping on the way?
by Matthew Schroyer •
Many people’s first introduction to commercial drones may have been the AR Drone by Parrot. Originally marketed as a futuristic RC toy you control via WiFi with an augmented reality iPhone AP, the AR Drone is a consumer-grade, $300 quadrotor…
Leading civil drone pioneers join forces
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Ecublens, Switzerland – July 26th 2012: senseFly joins the Parrot Group to strengthen its position as a leading provider of ultralight flying drone (also called UAV1) for mapping and GIS2 professionals. Two pioneers of ultralight drones for civil use, senseFly and…
AutoCopter offers the opportunity to see the crops from above
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By ANDREA JOHNSON Assistant Editor Farm and Ranch Guide The things of children’s tales and science fiction are gradually becoming true as science and entrepreneurship are woven together. Farmers and ranchers now have a viable option for using a remote…
