The last four years have been very interesting, educational and rewarding. From the UC Merced project to the completion of my current jobs. However we now have way too many bottom feeders that will work for nothing and have taken the profit out of the business end. After shooting over 67000 basically point and shoot photos, it's time to focus my attempts to develop some true photographic talent.
I'm not renewing my 107 and going to focus on learning and improving my photography. The quality of the photos coming from the Inspire 2 and Mavic pro still amaze me.
As I stated in a previous post some time back. Many of the major construction companies are having their civil engineers and surveyors get their 107 and are purchasing RTK drones, smart move on their part, no conflights in mappings. Realestate is a joke, some have their own people with or without a 107 doing the photos. Cell phone providers are having their own technicians trained, as are the power companies. Agriculture is a tough sell eventhough the results of crop health can be a valuable tool, farmers are reluctant to buy into the service, and I have talked to many of them. Even the large corperate farms are a hard sell. Truth is mapping a large several thousand acre farm should be done with and aircraft.
Here is a link giving any of you an idea of using and aircraft creating a patterned flight.
What he doesn't show here is could have set that pattern up on his laptop or desktop computer instead of taxing around the field. If you look at the lower right is the chemical volume markings and you can see he is empty.
I'm a couple weeks away from my 74th birthday so it is time to retire. I wish all of you, (even you bottome feeders), the best of luck.
Oh, Fred, it you read this, thanks for your advice on my new cameras, it was perfect advice.
Big A, thanks for all your advice, it has been a tremendous help in this learning process. Maybe it is time to play with RC airplanes.
I'm not renewing my 107 and going to focus on learning and improving my photography. The quality of the photos coming from the Inspire 2 and Mavic pro still amaze me.
As I stated in a previous post some time back. Many of the major construction companies are having their civil engineers and surveyors get their 107 and are purchasing RTK drones, smart move on their part, no conflights in mappings. Realestate is a joke, some have their own people with or without a 107 doing the photos. Cell phone providers are having their own technicians trained, as are the power companies. Agriculture is a tough sell eventhough the results of crop health can be a valuable tool, farmers are reluctant to buy into the service, and I have talked to many of them. Even the large corperate farms are a hard sell. Truth is mapping a large several thousand acre farm should be done with and aircraft.
Here is a link giving any of you an idea of using and aircraft creating a patterned flight.
What he doesn't show here is could have set that pattern up on his laptop or desktop computer instead of taxing around the field. If you look at the lower right is the chemical volume markings and you can see he is empty.
I'm a couple weeks away from my 74th birthday so it is time to retire. I wish all of you, (even you bottome feeders), the best of luck.
Oh, Fred, it you read this, thanks for your advice on my new cameras, it was perfect advice.
Big A, thanks for all your advice, it has been a tremendous help in this learning process. Maybe it is time to play with RC airplanes.
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