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Drone Mapping After the Storm: USAA Delivers Localized Disaster Intelligence and Claims Support with eBee X

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most devastating and costly on record. When Hurricane Delta made its arrival on the southern shores of the U.S., it broke the 104-year-old record for the most named storms in a season. It brought with it wind speeds of 145...

30/03/2021

eBee Drones Help GeoAcuity Rapidly Survey 20,000 Acre Wind Farm Site

When CSRS needed to pre-survey a 20,000-acre site for a future wind farm in Tunica Mississippi, they turned to veteran-owned consultancy GeoAcuity for its 20-years of specialized geospatial experience and delivery of accurate aerial surveys under tight timeframes. Looking out your window traveling on U.S. Route 61, you can...

02/03/2021

Talking Drone Training & senseFly’s e-Learning Platform with Andrea Blindenbacher

With the launch of senseFly’s new e-learning platform and dedicated Certified senseFly Operator Program, Waypoint recently sat down with senseFly Global Head of Training Andrea Blindenbacher to learn more about how the new platform and certification course works, where to access it and how senseFly users (and even non-users) can benefit from the various self-guided tutorials...

14/01/2021

Expand Your Surveying World

Land departments now accept drone data for cadastre. More GIS users employ drone data in place of satellite imagery. Frequent quarry surveys are now possible, golf course modeling is common, and the list goes on. As operators around the world are learning, a drone not only complements existing survey...

06/01/2021

Advanced Drone Operations: 3 Need to Know Benefits for Commercial Pilots

The term ‘advanced drone operations’ may not yet be widely used, but these operations have the potential to bring real, significant commercial value to a wide range of sectors – from agriculture and construction to mining and energy. With unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) becoming increasingly accessible for today’s commercial...

11/11/2020

3 Reasons Surveyors Should Add Fixed-Wing Drones to Their Toolbox

As a professional surveyor, the equipment you take to the field is just as important as the data you bring back to the office. But how you collect can also make a huge difference in efficiency and data quality. That’s why thousands of surveyors have turned to fixed-wing drones...

04/11/2020

Advanced Drone Operations: Overcoming the Barriers to Implementation

Why are more companies not implementing advanced drone operations into their workflows? The approvals process can be challenging to navigate but the benefits make it worthwhile in the long-term.

29/10/2020

Fixed-Wing Drones Elevate Mine Safety and Survey Standards

Safety is always the number one priority among contract engineers in open-pit mining. And when it comes to surveying and data accuracy, you simply can’t afford to cut corners or disrupt operations to gain accessibility. Traditional topographic methods, used in the monitoring of pit wall surfaces, requires time and comes with a high risk...

14/10/2020

New EU Drone Regulations Explained

With new European drone regulations starting January 1, 2021, it’s critical drone operators across Europe understand how the new rules may impact their operations.

01/10/2020

Drone Mapping Italy’s Morandi Bridge Collapse

When it comes to effective emergency and disaster response, drones (also referred to as UAV or RPAS) are an effective way to capture geo-accurate mapping data. By using fixed-wing drones, such as the senseFly eBee X, professionals on the ground can remotely launch and collect the data they need...

03/09/2020

Why the Enterprise Market Needs Drone Technology

The adoption of drone technology continues to grow across all markets and enterprise organizations are no exception. Waypoint recently sat down with senseFly’s Head of Enterprise Business Solutions, Matteo Triacca, to understand more about this evolving market. He explains how his experience with drones and his international business background has been...

16/07/2020

Fixed-Wing Drone Aids Emergency Response in Florida Wildfire

Earlier this month, the Mussett Bayou fire was just one of more than 70 wildfires burning across the state of Florida. A period of drought, high winds and low humidity fueled it to burn nearly 350 acres of wildlands, damage 59 structures and destroy 34 homes. With the help...

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Drone Mapping After the Storm: USAA Delivers Localized Disaster Intelligence and Claims Support with eBee X

eBee Drones Help GeoAcuity Rapidly Survey 20,000 Acre Wind Farm Site

Talking Drone Training & senseFly’s e-Learning Platform with Andrea Blindenbacher

Expand Your Surveying World

Advanced Drone Operations: 3 Need to Know Benefits for Commercial Pilots

3 Reasons Surveyors Should Add Fixed-Wing Drones to Their Toolbox

Advanced Drone Operations: Overcoming the Barriers to Implementation

Fixed-Wing Drones Elevate Mine Safety and Survey Standards

New EU Drone Regulations Explained

Drone Mapping Italy’s Morandi Bridge Collapse

Why the Enterprise Market Needs Drone Technology

Fixed-Wing Drone Aids Emergency Response in Florida Wildfire

Drone Tips

Talking Drone Training & senseFly’s e-Learning Platform with Andrea Blindenbacher

3 Reasons Surveyors Should Add Fixed-Wing Drones to Their Toolbox

Talking Drone Operations and Safety with senseFly’s Global Training Manager

How Drones Benefit Agronomy from an Agronomist’s Perspective

GCPs vs RTK vs PPK: When to Use What and Why

Drones in Agriculture with senseFly Ag Expert Martin Scheiber

Fixed Wing Drones Prove Innovation in Asia with Jane Liu

Drone Dictionary — Essential Terms Every Pilot Should Know

Drone Development with Benjamin Pinguet

Employee Spotlight: Meet Daniel Murphy

Talking Drones with Greece’s Leading UAV & Survey Equipment Distributor

Ask Andrea — How To Launch & Land a Mapping Drone

Takeoffs and Landings — Tips for a Successful Fixed-Wing UAV Flight

Commercial Drone FAIL – Operator Mishaps From Around The World

Fixed-Wing or Rotary Drone? 5 Key Questions to Answer (Video)

Should You Buy a Fixed Wing or Rotary Drone?

Filling The Gap (Infographic) – Drones vs Other Geospatial Data Sources

You Know You’re a Professional Drone Operator When…

Innovation

Advanced Drone Operations: Overcoming the Barriers to Implementation

Achieving Faster First-Step Processing with eMotion 3.11.0 and Pix4Dmapper

How Drones Help Sensat Digitize the World

The Impact of Fixed Wing Drones in Hydropower Plant Planning

Pix4Dreact & senseFly eBee X: A Winning Combination for Emergency Response & Public Safety

Five Inspections Made Easier with Drone Technology

Assessing Flood Damage with UAS

Using Mapping Drones for Wildlife Monitoring and Conservation

The Sky’s the Limit

Mapping Catastrophe: How the eBee X’s BVLOS Capabilities Helped NCDOT’s Hurricane Florence Disaster Response

Mapping a WWII-Era Japanese American Internment Camp with Fixed-Wing Drones

How We Achieved BVLOS Drone Authorisations Around the Globe

Beneath the Waves — Using Professional Survey UAVs to Map the Ocean

Covering New Ground With Drone Technology

Ready for Takeoff — Talking eBee X With senseFly’s Fixed-Wing Drone Lead, Francois Gervaix

Ag Insights – 5 Ways Agricultural UAVs Are Helping Researchers in the Field

Beyond the Horizon – IN-FLIGHT Data’s Chris Healy on His Ambitious BVLOS UAS Trials

Preserve and Promote — Using Drones to Digitise Archaeological Sites in the Kurdish Region of Northern Iraq

Into The Woods—Stefano Puliti On Using Drone-Based Aerial Photogrammetry In Forestry

Levelling Up — First Glimpse of a New GPS vs. UAV Elevation Survey

Always On Explained—Discussing senseFly’s Drone Service Package with Jean-Thomas Celette

Corridor Close-Up — Francois Gervaix Discusses senseFly’s New Linear Mapping Release

Into the Cloud — Exploring MicaSense Atlas with senseFly’s Nathan Stein

Drones for Good 2.0 — How WeRobotics is Redefining the Use of Unmanned Systems in Developing Countries

Drones in Demining – Enhancing Mine Action Operations with UAS imagery (Case Study)

senseFly & Skyward Explained – A Q&A with senseFly’s CEO Jean-Christophe Zufferey

Talking eBee Plus With The Team Behind senseFly’s New Photogrammetry UAV

Talking eBee SQ With The Team Behind senseFly’s Latest Agriculture Drone

Inspecting Oregon — Using Drones to Assess Bridges & Towers

Documenting a Large Dam with senseFly’s albris Inspection Drone

Robots to the Rescue — Researching How Drones Can Help Save Lives

A Question of Perception (Pt 2) — Talking Robo-Collaboration & Future Challenges & More with Prof. Scaramuzza

A Question of Perception — Talking Autonomous Robot Navigation with Prof. Davide Scaramuzza

Up and Under — On Using Drones for Bridge Inspection

RoboDoc Returns — Talking Listening Drones and Swarming with Prof. Floreano

Using Drones in Wine Making (Video)

RoboDoc — Talking Flying Robots with Professor Dario Floreano

Nathan Stein on Farming with senseFly’s eBee Ag Drone

Using a Drone’s Surface Model to Estimate Crop Yields & Assess Plant Health

Learning

Talking Drone Training & senseFly’s e-Learning Platform with Andrea Blindenbacher

Expand Your Surveying World

Advanced Drone Operations: 3 Need to Know Benefits for Commercial Pilots

3 Reasons Surveyors Should Add Fixed-Wing Drones to Their Toolbox

Why the Enterprise Market Needs Drone Technology

Are Mapping Drones the Answer to Sustainable Agriculture?

Achieving Faster First-Step Processing with eMotion 3.11.0 and Pix4Dmapper