Avalanches occur in remote, hazardous terrain, making timely data collection difficult. Unmanned fixed-wing aerial vehicles offer a practical way to gather large-area imagery for mapping avalanche activity. Continue reading
Category Archives: Geology
Wingtra Launches WingtraRAY
– Wingtra has announced its new drone, WingtraRAY. The only drone designed specifically for surveyors, it breaks down limits that have held them back thanks to waiver-free operations over people (OOP)*, and a wider range of hot-swap sensors. Continue reading
Drones Used to Detect Carbon Storage in Scotland
Drones are being deployed across Scotland as part of an innovative project aimed at estimating how much carbon is stored on the country’s farms. Continue reading
UAV-Based Remote Water Sampling System from SPH Engineering
SPH Engineering has introduced the Remote Water Sampling System, a new UAV-based solution within UgCS Integrated Systems product line. The trial flight was conducted at a Latvian lake to proceed with water sampling for subsequent analysis in a laboratory. Continue reading
Fugro Offers UAS Coastal Mapping Solution
Fugro RAMMS, the world’s smallest and lightest ‘deepwater’ airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB) system, can now be deployed from vessels of opportunity using a Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 uncrewed aerial system (UAS). Continue reading
Universal UAV Optimized for Payload and Distance
The FIXAR drone from Latvia claims to outperform other models in its class in both payload capacity and distance coverage. Continue reading
Shell Gets Value from Unmanned Systems
In the last decade, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have grown from being a nascent technology to regular sights at Shell locations around the globe. Initial deployments focused on simple one-off inspections, such as for flare tips, but assets have found many new applications for commercial UAS. This has led Shell to develop new technologies and new ways of using these tools. Continue reading
Exploring for Geothermal Energy with UAV Magnetometry
Geophysics faculty and graduate students from the University of Nevada, Reno, announce new exploration for blind geothermal systems with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) magnetometry. Continue reading