Author Archives: Kellee

Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA): Unmanned Aircraft Systems, (UAS)

Before you begin flying your drone, determine what type of drone flyer you are: Recreation Flyer and Modeler, Community-Based Organization, Certificated Remote Pilot or Commercial Operator, Public Safety or Government User, Educational User Determining the above will let you know what rules and regulations apply to you when you fly. Then you can search to

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Aloft’s New Tool to Connect FAA Airspace with Local Drone Rules

By: Ishveena Singh May 11, 2022 As of 11 May 2022, Aloft Technologies launched a new free tool, Aloft Geo Portal, a new geospatial platform that publishes airspace and ground-rule advisories to Aloft data network. This includes B4UFLY. Aloft believes this tool can close the gap between FAA airspace rules and local ground rules for

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Drone Laws and Regulations

Below are resources where you can look up drone regulations and other useful drone information. The information found on these sites covers both recreational and commercial drone flying. For A Safer Airspace Master List of Drone Laws: USA States & Country Federal Aviation Administration: Recreational Use Search for more information Here (Last Edit 13 March

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Parrot ANAFI USA

The Parrot ANAFI USA drone has a double optical 4K EO camera. It has zoom in capabilities from wide angle to telephoto (32X).  It can detect thermal data with high precision (within centimeters) from an altitude as high as 131ft. It is equipped with a FLIR Boson 320. The thermal camera has two thermal color

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SenseFly eBee X

It is a lightweight fixed wing drone. It provides accurate results (down to 1.5 cm/.06 in) using the built-in, on-demand RTK/PPK. As with other drones using RTK and PPK, it is not necessary to set ground control points (GCP) to achieve the desired precision in the mapping survey. It is compatible with several cameras that

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Dronesnerd’s Top 5 Agriculture Drones for 2023

The DJI Phantom 4 RTK is a quadcopter that has a built-in RTK feature and a 20-megapixel camera so it is capable of performing high precision mapping and surveying projects and delivering high resolution images. It has a decent flight time for a single mission (up to 30 min). 16,404 ft (5,000 meters) is the

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D-RTK 2 Mobile Station

The D-RTK 2 Mobile Station is a GNSS Mobile Station that can work with most all global satellite navigation systems. It has real-time corrections that achieves centimeter-level positioning data which allows for greater accuracy. It is enabled with 4G, OcuSync, WiFi, and LAN capabilities allowing for communication between the drone and the station. You can

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