Thermal Camera on Drones how do they work?

Remote aerial sensing technology gives inspection personnel, Search and Rescue and Law Enforcement agencies more thorough, frequent, safer, and efficient inspections. Drones equipped with infrared cameras can be used to detect irregularities in insulation and pooling water, find a missing person in dangerous terrain or assess a fire hazard situation. With a zoom camera drone, the pilots can visually identify problems without having to be physically there. Read more to find out about Thermal Imaging Drones.

Surveying, Public Safety, Construction, Asset InspectionGuest User30 July 2020thermal drones

RTK and PPK survey drones, what is the difference?

Over the last 12 months, we have seen a large increase in New Zealand geospatial professionals utilising drones to capture centimetre accurate survey-grade photos and data. With the development of RTK enabled drones the surveying process has become faster, safer and more efficient.

Surveying, Construction, Asset InspectionGuest User6 May 2020RTK, PPK, PIX4DComment

Drone Integration at Woods Consultancy

We interviewed Maksym Khovalko, UAV Specialist at Woods to learn more about how they utilise drone technology on their projects. Woods is a New Zealand, and employee-owned multi-disciplinary consultancy with a primary office located in Auckland and a secondary office located in Christchurch. Established in 1970, Woods has now grown to become a substantial consultancy with a team of 120 specialists providing Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Surveying and Geo-Spatial services to the land development, building, health, institutional, energy, government, and transport sectors, to name a few.

Construction, Asset Inspection, SurveyingGuest User12 March 2020Phantom 4 RTK, Matrice 600

Mavic 2 Enterprise Now Supports ATTI Mode

The DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise and DJI Smart Controller receives a new firmware update that includes ATTI mode. This is a first in the DJI’s Mavic line up and will surely make New Zealand's commercial drone operators happy.

Public Safety, Training, Surveying, Film & TelevisionGuest User10 February 2020DJI Smart Controller, ATTI modeComment

PPK Processing Software for P4 RTK and M210 RTK V2.0

Klau Geomatics, an industry leader in PPK and PPP applications for aerial mapping, has released a PPK post-processing solution that is now compatible with the new DJI Matrice 210 RTK V2 as well as the Phantom 4 RTK.

SurveyingGuest User28 November 2019Matrice Series

DJI announces the Phantom 4 Multispectral drone

DJI introduces Phantom 4 Multispectral for precision agriculture, land management and environmental monitoring.

Agriculture, SurveyingGuest User25 September 2019DJI Ferntechterra, multispectral, rededge, senterra

Introducing NextCore RN50 LiDAR for the DJI Matrice 600

Ferntech is delighted to be appointed the local agents for NextCore, and to offer their UAV LiDAR solution, the NextCore RN50 to New Zealand surveyors. NextCore are based in Australia and have extensive experience in the LiDAR space.

Surveying, Asset InspectionKatie Kerr1 August 2019DJI FerntechLiDAR

Calling all surveyors: register your interest in a demo day

Over the past six months, DJI and other hardware providers have been consistently releasing new aerial technology that will revolutionise the surveying industry. From advancements in the PPK and RTK systems to ground control points that integrate seamlessly with drone technology, these new products are paving the way for changes in the industry. However, it can be hard to keep up with flow of new information and difficult to understand what products are actually going to make a difference in your day-to-day activities.

SurveyingKatie Kerr10 April 2019DJI FerntechDrone Demos

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