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Monthly Archives: November 2014
US Farming Groups Sign Data Security Agreements With Agribusiness
On November 13, 2014, United States Farming groups like the American Farm Bureau, National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Farmers Union and USA Rice Federation, signed a Data Security and Privacy Agreement with Large … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR, Meteorology, UAV
Tagged agreement, agribusiness, agriculture, data privacy, data security, Geomatics, GIS, LiDAR, Meteorology, precision agriculture, UAV
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Expected FAA UAV Rules in the United States
The latest stories on expected UAV flight rules from the FAA appear to line up with other countries like Australia. Commercial drones are supposed to stay within the line of sight of the operator, to remain under 400ft, and the … Continue reading
NASA App For Dynamic Aircraft Routing with Weather
NASA has developed a tool called Dynamic Weather Routes to automatically adjust flight paths for aircraft around hazardous weather. Currently American Airlines has it in use. The tool reduces flight times and fuel costs to the airlines. This is interesting … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, UAV
Tagged Aerobatic Innovations, Dynamic Weather Routes, flight plans, GIS, nasa, UAV, weather conditions
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Grand Sky UAV Business Park in Grand Forks, North Dakota
The Grand Sky UAV Business Park outside Grand Forks, North Dakota (adjacent to the Grand Forks AFB) is a 217 acre complex that is positioned to be one of the larger UAV hubs in the United States. It is planned … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, UAV
Tagged FAA, GIS, grand forks afb, grand forks nd, grand sky, industry, uas, UAV
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LAStools & QGIS Training Series On YouTube
Martin Isenburg has posted a 4 part training series on LAStools & QGIS on YouTube. Taken at the University of Copenhagen Facility of Science. The links are below with the running times. Part 1: 1:37:42 Part 2: 1:04:05 Part 3: … Continue reading
Keeping UAVs out of Restricted Airspace
A Fargo, North Dakota startup, Aerobatic Innovations has developed a app that tracks known aircraft and restricted airspace is relative to the position of the UAV in flight. It uses real time FAA data for aircraft location overlayed with restricted … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, UAV
Tagged aerbatic innovations, app, fargo, GIS, restricted airspace, UAV
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NOAA Climate Resiliance Toolkit Trainings
NOAA has released a series of trainings, most available free online on Climate studies, some are onsite only by schedule. There are thirty total trainings, some as short as 10min, some over a three day period covering. Topics covered are … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Meteorology
Tagged climate, Climate Resiliance Toolkit, GIS, Meteorology, NOAA
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Agriculture Co-op Resurgance in Australia
Readers of my past posts have seen my ideas of partnering farmers together in co-ops to spread the costs out for UAV flights among many farmers. While co-ops overall are still popular in the United States, they have been on … Continue reading
UAV Program at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks has had a recent bachelor’s program in UAVs/Drones since 2009. Some are contracting for the US Government to work overseas to operate UAVs. They also end up with pilot and instructor licenses. Other … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR, Meteorology, UAV
Tagged Drone, GIS, LiDAR, Meteorology, Remote Sensing, UAV, university north dakota
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Debt Levels of Australian Famers at High Levels
Debt lending to Australian farmers is at high levels and many farmers are over extended with many different, diverse lines of credit according to ABC Rural. Banks have been lending without much scrutiny for business plans. This is important to … Continue reading
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Tagged abc.net.au/rural, Australia, financial overextention, UAV
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