In this guest blog post by Eric Warinner, Chief UAV Pilot at Luck Companies, he discusses how UAVs (drones) have provided invaluable data and helped his company accurately assess inventory stockpiles across numerous sites in the US. As one of the largest family-owned and operated aggregate producers in the US, Luck Stone…
How do two of the world’s most cutting-edge surveying instruments stack up against each other? Are there obvious benefits to choosing one over the other? A new whitepaper from survey company Lerch Weber AG seeks to answer those questions and more. Earlier this year, Armin Weber and Thomas Lerch, co-owners…
With over eight years of fixed-wing UAV experience, spanning over 1,000 commercial flight operations, the founder of 21SUR Aerospace, Pablo Sandoval Mastandrea, knows a thing or two about what makes commercial drone operations work. Here he talks to Waypoint about his team’s many learnings and how crucial BVLOS work will…
When it comes to surveying road construction sites, using traditional methods can be slow and dangerous. That’s why an increasing number of companies are turning to UAVs, such as fixed-wing drones, to cover larger areas with greater efficiency and safety. GRAHAM Construction, an organisation that delivers building and civil engineering…
Surveyors often want to know how UAVs can improve their efficiency and are curious about what working with a UAV is really like. To help answer that question, Waypoint interviewed several senseFly drone operators from different fields and countries. The drone surveyors we spoke with are all experts in their…
senseFly recently hosted its Ag Drone Insights 3 webinar, which featured three expert agronomists from around the world. Each presenter had a wealth of knowledge to share, with each discussing their experience using UAVs and how drones are helping them successfully carry out their agricultural research. If you happened to…
It’s an exciting time for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) research, with one of the largest BVLOS trials in the world currently underway in Canada. Waypoint recently sat down with the head of the ambitious project, Chris Healy, owner and operator at IN-FLIGHT Data, to better understand the purpose…
When it comes to surveying historical sites, using classical archaeological methods can be slow and labour-intensive. As a result, an increasing number of archaeologists are turning to drone technology to more efficiently survey larger areas, and at better resolutions than satellite imagery can achieve. Iconem, an organisation that safeguards world…
As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) find their place in the forestry sector, Waypoint met with a pioneer in this field, researcher Stefano Puliti of the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO). In this wide-ranging interview, we discuss his commercial forestry learnings—including the always-hot topic of LiDAR versus aerial…
When it comes to planning drainage activities on farms that grow crops such as rice, elevation survey data—and its accuracy—is a big deal. However, using ground-based surveying instruments to create the digital elevation models required, in a timely manner, can sometimes be a challenge. That’s why Ryan Moore, the crop services…