Fly high with a UAV? Should I invest in a UAV? At University I learnt about ‘Porters 5 Forces’, we have all been there and bought the management t-shirt! Blah blah blah My eyes glaze over! However…….. reading Valerie King’s latest news piece on UAVs in geodatapoint (February 2016) the subject is […]
Shooting Videos Organisation is key Sitting in Craiglash quarry, in the highlands of Scotland in a pimped up high viz van watching our video crew setting up for a shoot is somewhat inspiring. The weather, can you believe it, is actually sunny with virtually no wind! Perfect weather to showcase the new mobile mapping system […]
How to measure which publication is getting YOU noticed! Creating a Geospatial knowledge Hub. Opening and retuning from Intergeo 2014 Just returned from Intergeo 2014, what a great show! Some very interesting things going on esp the new RiCopter from Riegl. What was interesting compared to a couple of years ago is everyone and their […]
By Elaine Ball The survey industry is transforming yet again with the hype about drones or should I say UAVs. Michael Maes of @Trimble Survey (a survey company) commented, “drones are a dirty word”. He prefers the term UAS (unmanned aerial system). So, what’s the connection with “I am a survey company, why do I need Facebook?” […]
Surveying from the air by remote control vs marketing in a different light By Elaine Ball, CEO of Elaine Ball Technical Marketing (EBTM) Ltd The latest buz around the surveying industry is drones (UAV or Unmanned aerial vehicles). What does that mean? Well, flying machines, which scan the ground from the sky by remote […]