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Category Archives: Photogrammerty
Intergraph’s Aibot X6 UAV in Action
Intergraph recently had a blog post about their Aibot X6 UAV in action. This post focuses on electrical utility maintenance flights for detailed survey data collection. It only mentions image capture applications, not other remote sensing sensor types.
Posted in GIS, Photogrammerty, UAV
Tagged aibot x6, electrical survey, intergraph, photogrammerty, UAV
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UAV Drought Mapping Crop Stress in Rural Australia
The drought continues into early spring in Australian fields, and the crops need a good rain before the hot, dry summer comes at the end of the calendar year. The ABC Rural story on the rains is intermixed with a … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Meteorology, Photogrammerty, UAV
Tagged abc.net.au/rural, aibotix, Australia, brandon tourtelotte, crops, drought, hexagon, hexagon geospatial, Meteorology, UAV
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Hexagon’s Aibotix UAV Company
Hexagon Geospatial has a subsidiary UAV company Aibotix. They fly the Aibot X6 V2, which fits into the smaller model aircraft part of the FAA Regulations. As of this post date, UAVs of this size have to stay below 400ft … Continue reading
Posted in Photogrammerty, UAV
Tagged aibotix, autodtm, brandon tourtelotte, color, hexagon, hexagon geospatial, LiDAR, Multispectral, thermal, UAV
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Wheat Discoloring Reducing Harvest Payments and Assessing Crop Damage
KMOT-TV, out of Minot, North Dakota spoke to farmers in Williams County, ND, which is far Northwest North Dakota and part of the Baakan Oil Shale Boom region which includes Williston, about recent precipitation and the effect on the drum … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Photogrammerty
Tagged damage assessment, Drone, kmot, minot, national weather service, north dakota, UAV, wheat discolor, williams county, williston
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ABC Story on Technology in Farming in Australia
The Australia Broadcasting Company has a good 12min piece on technology in farming. The first section is about drone startup company, Aerial Vision Australia that uses ortho imagery to get 3D models of the farm field for planning. Other segments … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Photogrammerty
Tagged 3d models, abc.net.au/rural, aerial vision australia, Drone, farm, farmware, ortho imagery, technology
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International GIS/Geomatics Markets
Hexagon Geospatial wrote a good blog post about the growing GIS market in Ireland. The market was €117.5M in 2012 with significant growth in the future. Events featuring Hexagon’s products and general GIS business networking is going to be at … Continue reading
UK Consulate in Chicago learning Precision Agriculture Techniques in Devils Lake, ND
The British Consulate in Chicago came to Devils Lake, North Dakota this week to Lake Region State College to learn precision agriculture techniques, which includes low altitude drones (below 500ft) and satellite data to maximize crop yield. As in my … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Meteorology, Photogrammerty, Weather Research
Tagged british consulate, devils lake, lake region state college, precision agriculture, uk, wdaz
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Weather Models Still Working Towards Improved Precision
WeatherNation founder Paul Douglas has a good blog post today on how today’s weather forecast models have a ways to go for small scale intense weather events. This is not new to any operational meteorologist, that even the highest resolution … Continue reading
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