AG Survey recently used control targets, GNSS receivers and UAS technology in a race against the tides and weather to survey 80 different beaches along England’s southwest coast. The project was part of a national coastal monitoring program funded by England’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and run through the Environment Agency (EA) to collect topographic beach surveys around the country. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aerial Photography
Drone Zooms through Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart Museum
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The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart closed in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, 9 May 2020, it opened its doors to the public again. Continue reading
Hummingbird Drone Video Inside a Butterfly Swarm
The PBS show Nature recently released this clip from its ‘Spy in the Wild’ series that will take your breath away. Using a drone disguised as a hummingbird, they captured incredible footage of 0.5 billion monarch butterflies swarming as the weather warms. Continue reading
Golf Ball Downs Drone
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Matthias Schwab, a Professional Golfer from Austria, made a ‘drone-in-one.’ As the European Tour pro tees off at a golf course in Schladming, Austria, a drone to his right shoots past while recording a video posted to Schwab’s Instagram account on Friday. Continue reading
NYPD Seizes Drone of Photojournalist Documenting Mass Burials on Hart Island
The NYPD seized the drone of a photojournalist documenting the mass burials on Hart Island amid the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading
Aerial Applications Gets $6M of USAF R&D Funding
Aerial Applications, a software company specializing in GPU-accelerated data processing of drone imagery to make maps, has been awarded the US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II B Strategic Fund Increase Pilot Program. Continue reading
Elistair Tethered Drone System Supports 13 Hours of Live Aerial Footage of Democratic Debate
On January 14, 2020, for the first U.S. Democratic debate of the year held on Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa, CNN deployed an Elistair tethered system with the support of Vector Solutions, product reseller and tether expert, to provide persistent aerial video transmission of the area. Continue reading
PowerVision Launched Autonomous Personal AI Camera at CES 2020
PowerVision Robot Corporation launched its newest product, the PowerEgg X, at CES 2020. The multi-function device can be used as an autonomous personal AI camera, as a handheld 3-axis AI camera, also a high-performance drone. In launching the PowerEgg X, PowerVision has created an entirely new product classification, the all-in-one autonomous personal AI camera category. Continue reading