Knowledge Base Presented By Altavian ” Accuracy of UAS data from a retail system and a commercial system”

What is the difference in actual survey accuracy of drone data from a retail system and a commercial system?Few surveyors have the luxury of comparing data collected between an entry-level retail drone and a commercial surveyor’s drone. Curious ourselves, we conducted the test for you. ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Flytbase “How to Build a Custom Mobile App for Your Drone”

Drones have matured over time. From being an object of amusement to simplifying complex tasks, they have come a long way. They are now empowering industries like agriculture, construction, photography, disaster management and real estate.More and more companies have started adapting to this ...

Knowledge Base Presented By MMC “Hydrogen Fuel Cells: The Answer to Time-In- The-Air Restrictions?”

A growing number of people these days are exploring ways to break current limitations on Time-in- the-air (TITA) for electric UAVs. There are now three alternatives to extend the amount of time that electric drones can remain in the air performing their mission: tethered devices, solar power, ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Flyability “Elios Drone Inspection Of A Radiant Box”

A manufacturer of refinery infrastructure was about to finish the assembly of a radiant box when a quality control concern arose around some components in the project. The need for visual inspection at height in a complex environment, where scaffolding would only make the situation worse, led the ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Altavian “Why Composite Materials Matter For Drones”

“You’re our favorite second drone.” We hear this all the time from our customers/converts from foam-constructed drones. Foam drones or adapted consumer drones are a common entry point for commercial drone operators. Prior to switching to the Nova F7200, these operators using foam drones were ...

Knowledge Base Presented By uAvionix “The Battle For Drone Tracking Technology”

There has been a lot of discussion in the past couple of years about just what the right technology is for tracking the swarms of drones coming our way in the next decade.  Because uAvionix is a communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) company focused almost solely in the drone industry ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Pix4D “From Film Making To Inspection”

Petr Lněnička was working as filmmaker when aerial footage became a hot commodity. “In 2011 it was something pretty new and unusual and we actually had to have it,” recalls Petr. “But at that time in Czech Republic, there was basically no one to supply us with quality footage.” So he ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Pix4D “The Power Of Offline Processing”

In Part 1 of this mini-series we went over why it makes sense in agriculture to import images directly to Pix4Dag Desktop. We concluded that when you’re in the field without a good network connection, importing images to desktop takes nearly no time in comparison to the hours you might spend ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Altavian “DSLR vs Point-and-Shoot Cameras Part 2″

Series Introduction: The aim of this knowledge base series is to answer the question “Why use DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras when smaller cameras are lighter, cheaper, and get good results?” This is a question we hear a lot and it is worth answering. But, while the question is simple ...