FAA APPROVED…BUT are you compliant? We keep seeing more companies taking to the web to proclaim they are “FAA APPROVED” but what does that actually mean? The problem I see is that while more and more are getting their approval from the FAA, they are failing miserably at complying or not even trying at all […]
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Policymaking in the Age of Drones Fever
Hello! I am so excited to join the Drone Coalition and to share thoughts with this amazing group of industry colleagues. I look forward to exploring with you the opportunities and challenges of the future of unmanned aircraft systems. As is so often the case in our country, technology moves quicker than policymaking. This is […]
Are UGS (Unmanned Ground Systems) Commercial ground-based drones in our near future?
While we’re all currently focused on the issues surrounding commercial UAS for aerial imaging, data networking and small package delivery in our near future, what do we know about commercial UGS (Unmanned Ground Systems) plans for use in our daily lives? With resistance to getting the Amazon Drones off the ground due to current FAA regulatory indecision, maybe […]
3D Drone Mapping Made Easy with Pix4D & DJI Phantom 3
Using a drone to get imagery for 3D mapping is rapidly catching on, and thanks to Pix4D software, they’ve made strides in bringing the technology to the small UAV market. We’ve only just begun to see where this technology is going to take us, and how we can best utilize it for industry. New designs in […]
Upcoming Drone Coalition Posts
I’m grateful to be one of the contributing writers on the Drone Coalition blog with such a great group of other contributors! And before I dive right in and get started with content, I just wanted to give a preview of some of the topic areas I plan to cover…but I also encourage you to […]
InterDrone 2015: International Drone Conference and Exposition
MELVILLE, N.Y., July 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BZ Media LLC announced today the InterDrone™ technical conference featuring more than 104 classes, panels and keynotes. The event will debut at the Rio in Las Vegas, Sept. 9-10-11, and will also include an Exhibit Hall with more than 85 industry-leading exhibitors, a Yes-Fly Zone for drone demos, the InterDrone Film Festival, and the Women in Drones […]
Have Drone, Will Travel!
Have Drone, Will Travel! San Francisco, Orlando, Indianapolis, Virginia, Los Angeles…… Ahh the glamour of travel! Wait…Glamour…Traveling with a drone ain’t what its cracked up to be! One of the most frequently asked questions I get from people is “How do you travel with your equipment”.
Drones Take Off at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2015
After months of planning and preparing for the launch of this new addition to one of the world’s largest air shows and fly-ins (attended by over a 1/2 million people in a week), the reality of what we had prepared for along with the EAA management and staff was now upon us on opening day.
Fisheye video from GoPro, gone in Photoshop
There are quite a few of us who like to fly the GoPro camera because of the video shooting options. This is especially true for people flying the 3DR Solo. One of the drawbacks is the fisheye effect that the small goPro lens produces. Its easy enough to remove it in Premiere Pro or After […]
How do waypoints work for DJI Phantoms?
A really neat feature that is coveted by drone makers is fully autonomous flying. I say “coveted” because it’s “sort” of there. First of all what is it? You can open a map and set points on the map for the drone to fly to. There are called waypoints. Once you have plotted your waypoints, […]
