New drone technology maps land and water with stunning accuracy, giving researchers and conservationists a new way to ...

In 2018, the mapping and surveying industry recognized the potential of drone technology, but there were many hurdles to ...

Skymaps unveils drone-powered prescription maps to cut input costs by up to 20 for farmers with the upgraded CultiWise platform.

When creating maps of field crops, one goal is to estimate plant health or responses to management. To achieve consistent imagery, drone flights must account for lighting conditions. While discussions ...

A Cranfield University, UK, academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3,000 ... All of those data sets were merged in Geographic Information System (GIS) software, helping to identify ...

A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park ...

Geography is not static ... It's similar to giving a drone operator a map right before an operation. The drone's visual feed can also track changes by comparing what it's seeing to the data.

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... In Zanzibar, Tanzania, villagers learn how a drone is being used to map the Jozani Forest. The organization that ...

Drone-based EL mapping can be hugely helpful for assessing PV plant module damage and navigating insurance claims, especially after extreme weather such as the recent record rainfall in Dubai or ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Remote-controlled drones have become an invaluable tool for government agencies, researchers, filmmakers—anyone ...