Does it start with my budget? Getting the best drone for mapping is not a case of getting the one that fits your budget! There are several considerations that you need to make before you purchase, and we will cover them here. With DJI holding the dominant market share globally, it means that the availability
Getting the basics right with the Pilot Institute In the rapidly evolving world of drone technology, getting the basics right, understanding the drone and what it can do, and how to use this to best effect for your projects has never been more critical. This is where the offerings of the Pilot Institute, particularly their
If you’re a farmer in Western Australia, dryland salinity is an old enemy. It takes productive pastures and croplands and turns them into barren, salty fields. In southwest WA, dryland salinity has caused the loss of over 1 million hectares of productive agricultural land. A further 2.8 to 4.5 million hectares of productive land is at risk
I’m sure that my certified surveyor friends cringe when they hear about our methods of ‘Marine ground control’ on the reef! But here goes… What is ‘ground control’? No, we’re not calling Major Tom… Ground control points (GCPs) are points or features on the surface of the earth (or even underwater) with a known location.
How to map with a drone: I know that lots of people love flying drones, but I’m not one of them! Yet what I do love is the #earthobservation data that I can capture with my drone. I’ve been working with remote sensing data since the late 1990’s and know full well that not all data
