UAV / Drones

Drones and uncrewed systems for aerial data collection, covering platforms, sensors, and the mapping and inspection workflows they enable.

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Essential Reading

Cintoo launches Workspace: Remote teams walk the site in their scan data and make collaborative decisions in real time on the spot

Hexagon to acquire Rocscience, closing the loop between real-world monitoring and advanced simulation

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Digital twins, Ancient Rome, and Land ocean instruments

A look at the latest news and stories from around the geospatial, AEC, and 3D industries.

Latest Articles

3 ILMF sessions that will keep you up on the latest in lidar

GeoCue enables higher accuracy mapping with DJI Phantom Pro 4 RTK

Virtual Surveyor 6.1 turns drone point clouds into CAD models in just a few steps

GeoSLAM’s ZEB HORIZON lidar is a step up in specs and flexibility

FARO put its Focus lidar on a UAV for wide-area scanning

Ouster’s lidar is a “camera”—which means great things for deep learning and autonomy

Topcon introduces MAGNET Inspect software for UAV infrastructure applications

FUGRO announces drone-ready RAMMS bathy lidar with no moving parts

Nomoko is building a cm-accuracy digital twin of the world—and a platform to help you use it

ASTRALiTe made a drone-ready topo-bathy lidar

Orbit GT’s 3D Mapping Cloud continues to improve

Bentley Systems on bringing AI to reality modeling and asset management

Leica’s Aibot UAV is built on the DJI platform for construction, surveying applications

Alibaba’s Cainio and RoboSense partner on driverless delivery lidar vehicles, “3D distribution network”

Hangar and Esri partner to offer on-demand reality data within ArcGIS

SiteSee shows how AI will fully automate 3D model analysis

nFrames: Automated information extraction for high-volume photogrammetry

Delair’s new UX11 UAV exploits edge computing for a “future proof” geospatial mapping tool

Ouster has a new $3.5k, 16-channel lidar (and a 64-channel sensor with longer range)

Higher endurance and altitude with YellowScan’s two new UAV lidar mappers

A forest-lidar guru turns to SfM (…plus lidar)

ILMF ’18: Cepton’s SORA 200 is a small, affordable lidar for UAV (thanks to autonomous vehicles)

ILMF ’18: SBG’s new Ellipse 2 Micro reduces the size and cost of high-performance inertial sensors

mdLiDAR1000: taking the fully integrated drone lidar solution to the next level

In depth: Doxel’s 3D capture and AI solution for ending construction delays

Drones are Getting AEC Professionals to Ask the Right Questions About Reality Capture

Velodyne cuts VLP-16 lidar price to $4k

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Foundations

Cintoo launches Workspace: Remote teams walk the site in their scan data and make collaborative decisions in real time on the spot

Hexagon to acquire Rocscience, closing the loop between real-world monitoring and advanced simulation

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Digital twins, Ancient Rome, and Land ocean instruments

A look at the latest news and stories from around the geospatial, AEC, and 3D industries.