Month / October 2020
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How Effective Are Drones for Weather Prediction?
Guest post by Emily Folk Accuracy in weather forecasts is crucial and also frequently difficult to obtain. This is in part because weather is a chaotic, always-changing system — but it’s also because high-quality and up-to-date atmospheric data is hard to gather. This is especially true of the boundary layer, or the lowest level of…
29th October 2020 -
How Drones Are Changing Natural Disaster Response
Guest post by Emily Folk Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are versatile innovations. They’re fast, powerful tools that can capture pictures and videos and even collect air or soil samples. Natural disaster drones are especially critical. They help with understanding the damage after a disaster, locating people who need help, distributing resources and preparing…
24th October 2020 -
5 Essential Safety Rules You Need to Consider When Filming with a Drone
Operating a drone and shooting video at the same time is by far not an easy task. More importantly, it involves safety matters when shooting in publicly available locations. In this article you will find advice on how to shoot video with a drone safely. First, we’ll cover some of the key safety rules…
17th October 2020 -
How One Female Drone Pilot is Continuing the Pioneering Aviation Tradition of Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson
Professional drone pilot Annalisa Russell-Smith is following in the footsteps of pioneers Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson as the aviation industry enters a whole new age. For she’s one of the first civilians to be able to fly a drone not only out of visual sight but operating one in another country while here in…
17th October 2020 -
A successful premiere for INTERGEO.digital
Karlsruhe, Germany, 15 October 2020. Direct exchange, lively discussions, lots of information and great entertainment. High acceptance of the digital offer in pandemic times by the geo-community. Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Kutterer from the organizer DVW is very pleased with the response: “The challenge of a fully digital event received very positive feedback from all our guests, exhibitors and speakers.…
17th October 2020 -
Kespry Collaborates with Microsoft to Deliver Kespry Perception Analytics for Intuitively Searching and Analyzing Complex Visual and Geospatial Data
MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Kespry, the leading visual search and analytics solution provider, today announced the availability of Kespry Perception Analytics. The solution is designed for industrial use cases
17th October 2020 -
How Drones are Helping with Sustainability in the Wine Industry
Guest post by Indiana Lee The last two decades have seen the hottest temperatures on record. Today, it is more important than ever for industries around the world to embrace sustainability as central to their business. We’re seeing climate change cause fluctuating weather patterns, unexpected temperatures, and water shortages. One industry, however, is adapting quickly.…
15th October 2020 -
DroneDeploy Conference 2020
DroneDeploy Conference brings together a community of innovators from our ecosystem of industries, including agriculture, construction, energy/oil & gas, mining, and more to discuss the latest drone innovations, best practices, and hot topics impacting operations. Join 1,500+ industry experts and business & technology leaders for the fifth anniversary of DroneDeploy Conference. You’ll take part in thought-provoking…
12th October 2020 -
Industrial SkyWorks Inc. secures multi-year AI software contract with Ontario Power Generation
Toronto, Ontario: Industrial SkyWorks Inc. has signed a multi-year contract to provide artificial intelligence software and data solutions for Ontario Power Generation (OPG)’s remote, drone-based inspections program. The groundbreaking agreement will leverage both on-premise and cloud-based implementations of Industrial SkyWorks’ Qii.AI data analytics platform and will enable OPG to develop its own, proprietary AI capability for…
11th October 2020 -
Drone Mapping: How to Create Your Own Terrain Surface Model
Written by Jose Benitez.Originally published 2020-09-22 on the Monadical blog. I first started learning about drones four years ago, at the University of Antioquia (Medellín). My interest soon grew into an obsession, and I spent a lot of my free time building them and flying them around campus, racing friends. Before long I was saving up…
10th October 2020
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