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    DJI's new Enterprise sUAS - Matrice 300

    Matrice 300 https://www.dji.com/matrice-300?pbc=mF6h4ZTt
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    Drone Laws in Canada has now Leveled Up

    https://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviation/drone-safety/choosing-right-drone.html
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    Your problems in thermography with drones

    I am trying out the new Dronedeploy Thermal Roof Inspection (Beta) App Market application. It is suppose to be able to make Orthomosaic Thermal Maps, however, it "fails" during Camera check and I am unavailable to launch. .. I keep getting “Error Loading Waypoints”. I have tried the new app on...
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    Your problems in thermography with drones

    I would like to find an economical way to fly autonomously, collect Radiometric geotagged photos, to produce Thermal Orthomosaic maps. I can produce the maps in house... I just need a way to fly the drone autonomously and stitch (post process) the photos. I am a one person shop, at a university...
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    DD Thermal Roof Inspection (Beta) waypoint error.

    Anyone else trying out the new Dronedeploy Thermal Roof Inspection (Beta) ??? Suppose to be able to make Thermal Maps.... Fails during Camera check. .. I keep getting “Error Loading Waypoints”. I am using a Matrice 210, Zenmuse XT (640x512, Radiometric), and Zenmuse X5S. Tried it on IPad and...
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    New Thermal Sensor

    The original Mavic 2 Enterprise does not have the dual sensor. It is Visible RGB only.
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    New Thermal Sensor

    DJI just introduced the Mavic 2 Enterprise "Dual", which has a Flir dual sensor camera (Thermal Radiometric Infrared + RGB visible)
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    Underground steam leak location

    Sure... We experienced an underground steam leak and our energy provider wanted to compare Aerial (plane) thermal IR with our new sUAS. 1.Aerial Infrared Image 2. AOI 1 - Area excavated to expose leak steam (pipe 190 degrees F, Ground 19 degrees F) 3 AOI 2 - Area under the car was 62.7...
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    Underground steam leak location

    Video from steam leak investigation (Matrice 210 and Zenmuse XT 640)
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    Underground steam leak location

    Location of underground steam leaks with DJI Matrice 210 and Zenmuse XT 640.
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    Seek CompactPro Thermal Camera + Drone

    I agree. I have been flying a P4P and recently purchased the Bebop Thermal for educational research. It is basicly a flying Flir One Pro. I use the same camera daily on a Android phone for handheld IR inspections. In this case Parrot has connected the camera to a Bebop 2 UAV. Good concept...
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    GIS in Virginia

    If you are not intersested in formal classroom courses, I would recommend you take advantage of all of ESRI's free Moocs and online training. - Esri MOOC - Massive Open Online Course - Esri Training | Your Location for Lifelong Learning
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    GIS in Virginia

    I teach GIS and Remote Sensing at a University in Northern New Jersey. I have been using my P4P, Dronedeploy and ESRI's Drone2map for GIS projects. I have been flying for recreation, research, and educational use but I'm starting to get requests from folk who want to pay me and my students...
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    Hello from northern New Jersey

    I've been flying my P4P "recreationally" for several months and the images are getting so much better I keep getting requests to take shots for folk who are willing to compensate me. Looks like it is time for me to step up my game and go commercial. So, I choose the Red Pill... let's see how...