Hillsdale and Montvale are waiting on results from recent deer population surveys carried out with thermal imaging drones, with reports expected sometime in February, as The Press Group reports. Borough administrator Mike Ghassali, who is also Montvale’s mayor, said both…
What began life as a simple puzzle of falling blocks has officially escaped the screen and taken over the sky, as reported by Red Bull on its press release. To celebrate the Tetris World Championships, Red Bull transformed the Dubai…
A Chinese drone parts supplier has taken an ownership stake in one of Russia’s most important military drone manufacturers, according to a bombshell Financial Times investigation published today. The revelation marks the first documented case of direct Chinese equity investment…
More than 500 Chinese-made drones confiscated under Florida’s controversial 2023 ban are getting a second (short) life as target practice for US Special Operations Command, according to Bloomberg News. The quadcopters, originally headed for the incinerator, will instead be shot…
Last week, the Lafayette police department and the Contra Costa County drone team worked with GeoAcuity and Wingtra to use the VTOL Wingtra drone to map thousands of acres in Santa Cruz County that were destroyed during the CZU Fire…
Ames Construction, one of the largest family-owned general contractors in the United States, has significantly improved the safety and accuracy of its surveying at a copper mining site in Arizona, thanks to innovative technology from senseFly, the global leader in…
Atmos UAV, the fast-growing Dutch drone manufacturer that develops high-end VTOL fixed-wing drones for surveying and mapping applications, further expands its distributor network in South America and signs a reseller agreement with Capital Drone. Capital Drone will be responsible for…
In release 7.4, Virtual Surveyor has added new functionality to the free pricing level of its popular drone surveying software. The “Valley” plan of Virtual Surveyor now allows users to create engineering CAD models from drone orthophotos and/or LiDAR data…
Drones map High Plateaus Basin in the Moroccan Atlas for the first time according to a paper of the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in the Journal of Maps. The drones capture high-resolution aerial images and…
In this LiDAR competition, two heavy-weight DJI drones, the M600 Pro and the M210 go head-to-head and map out a large area. The results will be judged on four different criteria. Which drone and LiDAR system will win? Find out…
DJI first introduced DJI Terra during the Airworks 2018 in Dallas, TX. Since then the drone maker has worked hard to perfect their software application. Today, DJI Terra launches a new Electricity License with optimizations made for 3D power line…
Wingtra just released its 1.12, offering customers a significant upgrade to their in-flight interactions with WingtraOne. Specifically, more robust and intuitive in-app flight controls are available directly through WingtraPilot on the tablet.* In the field, this streamlines the user experience…
