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Wingtra presents mapping, surveying drone at Intergeo 2017

October 12, 2017 - By

Wingtra’s Stephanie Lambert discusses the company’s WingtraOne drone at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. According to the company, the WingtraOne simplifies mapping and surveying through easy and smart aerial data collection. read more

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NovAtel sends message of assured positioning at Intergeo 2017

October 12, 2017 - By

NovAtel’s Kirk Burnell explains how the company can bring you assured positioning through its product line at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. read more

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PrecisionHawk describes end-to-end geospatial solutions at Intergeo 2017

October 12, 2017 - By

PrecisionHawk’s Matt Coleman gives GPS World an overview of the company’s end-to-end product offerings, which include the PrecisionMapper software, at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. read more

NVS Technologies showcases GNSS receivers, modules at Intergeo 2017

October 12, 2017 - By

NVS Technologies provides a company overview, as well as a look at its latest GNSS receivers and modules, at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. read more

Are drones the future of marine surveying?

October 12, 2017 - By

Drones are quickly becoming a staple of the maritime industry. In January, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) issued the largest ever civilian maritime drone contact, valued at €67 million. Under the contract, drones will be used to assist with border control, search-and-rescue operations and monitoring of pollution, as well as the detection of illegal fishing and drug and people... read more

Harris offers Geiger-mode lidar for accurate elevation data

October 11, 2017 - By

After two decades of providing the U.S. government with Geiger-mode lidar data, Harris Corporation offers high-resolution lidar data and its derived products to commercial organizations. The data can be used for land-use planning and management, transmission-line monitoring, pipeline design and maintenance, transportation engineering and planning, urban modeling, asset management and forestry analytics. Geiger-mode lidar offers the most accurate elevation data... read more

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Sharper Shape, SkySkopes string transmission lines using drones

October 11, 2017 - By

A pair of companies is using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for powerline construction. Sharper Shape, a drone-based automated inspection provider, and SkySkopes, a professional UAS flight operator, took on a project in cooperation with an investor-owned utility. The mission used the Sharper A6 UAS to string sock lines for a 675-kilovolt line construction project. Sock pulling, the act of flying... read more

Outdoor-to-indoor UAV: GPS/optical/inertial integration for 3D navigation

When a platform’s mission requires maneuvering among different environments, transitions between these environments may mean that a single method cannot solve the full positioning, navigation and mapping problem. This article describes an integrated navigation and mapping design using a GPS receiver, an inertial measurement unit, a monocular digital camera and three short-to-medium range laser scanners. read more