Drone shops

Here I will present the list of most well-known shops in which you can buy drones.

B2B wholesale platform:

International drone shops:

http://www.hobbyking.com/
http://www.horizonhobby.com/category/airplanes/airplane-accessories
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/rc-airplane-parts
http://www.hobbytown.com/Category/RC_Plane_Parts/1939/
https://rcaircraftcomponents.com/
http://www.rcplanet.com/RC_Airplane_Parts_s/5691.htm
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-components-catalog/RC-PARTS-.html
http://www.stormthecastle.com/model-airplanes/parts-and-components-of-an-rc-airplane.htm
http://www.towerhobbies.com/
http://www.rcbazaar.com/category.aspx?categoryid=139
http://www.hobbypartz.com/airplanes.html
http://www.modelflight.com.au/planes/plane-parts.html
http://www.nitroplanes.com/arfrcplsppas.html
https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/radio-control/rc-planes/parkzone-spares/
https://www.chiefaircraft.com/
http://www.greatplanes.com/
http://www.hobbypeople.net/index.php/rc-planes.html
http://www.bananahobby.com/rc-plane-parts.html
http://www.hobbyexpress.com/radio_control_airplanes_196_ctg.htm
http://www.gravesrc.com/radio-controlled-airplanes/giant-scale-aircraft.html
http://www.aircraft-world.com/

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Check out Russia’s new shotgun-wielding drone

7 April 2019 - Feilidh Dwyer

Last week in Russia, we caught a rather terrifying glimpse of what the future of drone warfare could look like. Russsian defense contractor, Almaz-Antey, was recently awarded a patent for their shotgun-wielding drone. Almaz-Antey is a big player in the Russian arms industry. They are responsible for producing, among many armaments, some of the world’s […]

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Facebook axed scheme to provide free internet using bird-sized drones

31 March 2019 - Feilidh Dwyer

In 2017, Facebook imagined a scheme that used fixed-wing, bird-sized drones to provide high-speed internet to people living in remote areas. Business Insider reports that the project, named Catalina (named after an island in California that uses pigeons to ferry messages back to the mainland) was shut down in 2018. The aim of the project was […]

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NASA and SETI developing space drones to search for life on Mars

22 March 2019 - Feilidh Dwyer

One of the perennial questions for humanity throughout time has been whether life exists outside of Earth. For most of history, we had no means of answering that question. Living in the 21st century, we are fortunate to have the technology to explore and answer investigate some of our most burning questions about space and […]

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Crafty YouTubers construct Thor Hammer drone

18 March 2019 - Feilidh Dwyer

YouTube channel FliteTest has released a new video in which they design, build and test a real-life version of Thor’s famous hammer, Mjölnir. Thor is the chiselled Norse god of thunder as well as the star of more Marvel movies than you can shake a giant flying hammer at. Those familiar with his character will know […]

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New drone can perch and rest like a bat to conserve battery

15 March 2019 - Feilidh Dwyer

Researchers at Yale University have developed a UAV which uses nature-inspired robotic talons to “perch and rest” in places that would normally be inaccessible. The group, led by Kaiyu Hang, were looking to make drones that fly in a more energy efficient manner. They observed how birds and bats use structures to conserve their energy when […]

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Igrane,Croatia

18 April 2019 - Splitdrone

Aerial view of local church.

SAINT VASSILIOS

18 April 2019 - Splitdrone

Bulk carrier Saint Vassilios unloading in Split,Croatia.

Beach

18 April 2019 - Splitdrone

Beach in Igrane,Croatia.

Phantom 4 over Milano

18 April 2019 - pippi

Bendigo CBD and Rosalind Park

18 April 2019 - Bendigo Aerial

Every weekend should be a four day weekend! Hope everyone gets some time off and enjoy the Easter long weekend. We captured this image a few months ago while filming a documentary for SBS.

Product Release Wrap-Up April 2019

10 April 2019 - DroneDeploy

DroneDeploy kicks off spring with the largest product release to date

In honor of spring, the season of renewal and growth, DroneDeploy is launching a suite of capabilities to help grow your drone program across your enterprise.

We’re excited to share what we have been working on for the past few months, including updates to inventory management, Live Map HD and much more. Read on to learn about the latest flight enhancements and updates to our beta features.

Create 360° Panoramas and Videos with a Couple of Taps

Create a visual record of your progress with a 360° panoramas.

It’s challenging to keep track of what’s happening on the job site and make sure that stakeholders on site and back at the office have the information they need to make decisions. Incomplete, outdated and inaccurate information contribute to delays, mistakes and cost-overruns. Imagine how much easier it would be to manage your project and keep executives and owners informed if everyone could see a visual record of your project progress!

Not only can you share maps and photos, now you can also share panoramas and videos and compare against the latest design plan revisions.

You can create an immersive experience for your home office stakeholders that really make them believe they are on site and have confidence in its progress…all without a plane trip and costly downtime. Just define your flight plan and click the button, let DroneDeploy take over in producing professional output every time.

Consistency is key when you are planning flights to capture your project. DroneDeploy’s flight templates eliminate repetitive work and create autonomous panoramic and video missions that you can re-fly again and again.

Panorama and video flight capture is available for all users using iOS devices, upload and hosting for panorama is available for Business and Enterprise customers.

Inventory ManagementTrack and Report the Total Quantity and Value of Materials on Site

Technology has come a long way from measuring materials with surveys, conveyors, or simply an experienced guess. With drone data, you can now measure materials more efficiently and accurately. DroneDeploy helps create stronger client relationships and less damaged or wasted inventory from over-production thanks to reliable, real-time data.

Stockpile Reports will give you the mass, volume, and value of each material on your job site.

Getting data on your stockpiles’ mass, volume, and value is as simple as entering your material attributes — density, currency, and value. Using this information, DroneDeploy will not only give real-time data of your stockpiles, but will generate a report displaying the value of each material.

And now you can make more accurate measurements than ever by calculating volumes using the Digital Terrain Model to exclude conveyors and other equipment.

We have always made it simple for you to manually measure your stockpiles, and in this release we are expanding our capability to speed up this entire process with Stockpile AI, your assistant to annotate and measure stockpile volumes with a single click.

When you select the Stockpile AI icon, DroneDeploy will automatically detect and highlight all stockpiles present on your map. You can then get instant volume measurement by selecting the stockpile you wish to measure. It’s that easy.

Once the volume annotation is created, it’s still possible to customize the stockpile boundary as you usually would. Keep in mind that like our other machine learning tools, your existing annotations and corrections power Stockpile AI — which will continue to improve the more you use it.

Materials and Stockpiles Reports are available to all Business and Enterprise customers, Stockpile AI is available for Enterprise customers only.

Ready for Growing SeasonReal-time Crop Scouting with Live Map HD

Live Map HD is the indispensable Agronomist’s tool. Your team can now conduct a high definition crop survey over hundreds of acres in minutes. They can identify & measure areas of concern at the field-edge, and apply instant plant-health filters help to identify drainage, irrigation, or chemical issues. Ground truthing is made simple with the iPad’s GPS for guidance.

Having data readily available in-field enables your agronomy team to make in-field assessments quickly and efficiently. Insurance claims specialists can accurately quantify crop damage and uate an insurance claim in minutes, helping growers to minimize lost time.

Instant Tree Counting with Count AI

Counting thousands of trees is a task that has traditionally required hours of walking in the field — Thankfully DroneDeploy’s new Count AI tool uses machine learning to make this whole process simple, with fully automatic tree counting for Almonds, Palms, and other orchard varieties. Count AI will automatically identify every tree in the areas you define, so you can rapidly quantify insured assets and estimate potential yield with high confidence.

Count AI also counts Cars and can be customized to identify all kinds of objects and anomalies in your maps.

Live Map HD is available to all paid plans. Talk to your account manager or contact sales about Count AI. Custom machine learning solutions are available.

Accurate Mapping is Faster Than Ever

Two new improvements make it faster and easier than ever to generate a highly accurate map. DroneDeploy can now process calibrated imagery from the Phantom 4 RTK drone, enabling survey-grade mapping with a 15-minute workflow. Reliable, repeatable, 2-inch accuracy without the hassle of Ground Control Points, even over large areas.

If you are using GCPs, the process of tagging the points in your images just got faster and easier. Our new Ground Control AI, trained using over 200,000 human-tagged GCPs, will automatically pinpoint GCP locations for you.

DroneDeploy’s cloud processing now supports up to 10,000 images per map, with our Large Map Processing module. Customers are already surveying huge sites for renewable energy cost & yield uation, and square miles of rail yards at cm-level resolution. With support for over 100 ground control and check points and distributed cloud processing, you can expect high-accuracy results in a fraction of the time you are used to from desktop processing solutions, saving you the cost of building and maintaining your own in-house photogrammetry servers.

Radiometric Thermal Processing

See the unseeable with Radiometric Thermal Flights and Processing. Whether you are working with solar, oil and gas, or insurance, Radiometric Thermal Flights detect problems that are invisible to the naked eye.

If you work with insurance, you can use Radiometric Thermal Processing to help find water ingress, roof degradation, weather damage, and low-quality installations. For Oil & gas, you will be able to see underground pipelines, identify leaks and hotspots. Even in solar you can detect string outages, faulty modules, and even sub-module defects over hundreds of acres — you can find every major problem on a 50MW solar site in a couple of days, rather than 5 months of walking the site. With DroneDeploy’s Radiometric Thermal Processing, the benefits are endless.

Radiometric Thermal Processing is available to all Enterprise Customers.

Integrations and SecurityKeep Projects on Schedule with Procore and Autodesk Integrations

Is your project on track and aligned to design? With Project Overlays you can monitor your progress with ease. Whether you need to QA a post tension cable or validate as-builts, your teams can use the new Autodesk BIM 360 and Procore integrations to overlay drawings that will stay up to date with the latest revisions.

Sharing progress with your team with the latest and relevant data can be tricky. Making decisions with outdated information is a safety risk, costs money, and delays your project. Using the latest Autodesk BIM 360 and Procore integrations, you now can also automatically synchronize progress photos with your team. The project stakeholders, from management to engineers to owners, can all access the photos in the relevant Procore daily log or folder in Autodesk BIM 360.

Want to put your maps on the Autodesk BIM 360 dashboard so that everyone sees the same job site and progress? No problem — DroneDeploy has partnered with Autodesk to bring you an embedded DroneDeploy experience from right within Autodesk BIM 360.

Available on request for Enterprise Customers.

Integrate your enterprise workflow with the DroneDeploy SDK

We are proud to introduce the DroneDeploy SDK, a powerful customization and automation tool designed to boost operational efficiency. Suitable for larger enterprise-level firms as well as start-ups in sectors like energy, agriculture, and construction, the SDK platform sports four modules — UI toolkit, Datastore, Functions, and Triggers — that help automate even the most complex use cases.

It’s Official: We’re ISO 27001 Certified

We are committed to the security and protection of our customer’s data. DroneDeploy is the only cloud drone operations and data platform to have achieved the ISO 27001 certification, the international standard outlining best practices for information security management systems.

We have successfully implemented controls and procedures across our organization and our IT environments that help demonstrate our commitment to security excellence. Read about how we worked with Google to deliver the highest security commercial drone data platform on the market.

New to DroneDeploy App Market

Atmosoar

Don’t forget to check out Windsock by Atmosoar.io one of the latest additions in our App Market. Windsock brings real-time weather to DroneDeploy, for the safety of your next flight. Install it for your next flight to have current wind and weather conditions right when you need it.

Where to Learn MoreTo try out the newest features, sign into DroneDeploy.Learn about all of our features on DroneDeploy’s Support Page.Watch our Product Keynotes from DroneDeploy Conference 2018 to learn more about these new features.Get Started with DroneDeploy

Want to learn how DroneDeploy can help your business? Visit www.dronedeploy.com to start your free trial or request a consultation with one of our team members. The DroneDeploy mobile application is available for free download for both iOS and Android devices.

Product Release Wrap-Up April 2019 was originally published in DroneDeploy's Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Introducing DroneDeploy’s SDK

2 April 2019 - DroneDeploy

Powerful new customization & automation platform addresses workflow efficiency & productivity

Emerging construction firms such as Menlo Park-based Katerra have relied on DroneDeploy’s new SDK and APIs to make their workflows more efficient while delivering data faster. Katerra has created a custom solution for pilots to automate image uploads to both a cloud storage service and DroneDeploy’s map engine. By bringing automation to this time-intensive step, Katerra has been able to spend more time focusing on scaling their drone program.

As the leading software platform in the commercial-drone space, DroneDeploy continues to revolutionize the way data is gathered and managed across a range of industries, from agriculture and solar to mining and more. In 2017, we launched the DroneDeploy App Market in order to allow our partners to customize and extend DroneDeploy, and today, they have successfully built over 60 applications using our unique platform. However, the desire for a fully customizable and extensible DroneDeploy has resonated beyond just our developer community. We also recognize that every enterprise has different needs, and that a scalable drone platform that offers room for growth is a key requirement for today’s most innovative companies.

Accordingly, we are proud to introduce the DroneDeploy SDK, a powerful customization/automation tool designed to boost operational efficiency. Suitable for larger enterprise-level firms as well as start-ups in sectors like energy, agriculture, and construction, the SDK platform sports four modules — UI toolkit, Datastore, Functions and Triggers — that help automate even the most complex use cases.

“The DroneDeploy SDK has saved us countless hours — automating our workflows has allowed us to expand our drone program into more job sites” — Ray Pascua, UAV Specialist at KATERRA

Here’s a look at what’s inside SDK:

UI Kit: This toolkit allows clients to build a customized DroneDeploy interface to meet custom objectives and use cases, such as obtaining regional weather information from drone mapping in order to avoid turbulent weather conditions across the drone’s flight path.

Datastore: A fully customizable data table creation tool, Datastore acts like a spreadsheet, allowing users to house any kind of information they want within DroneDeploy, from customer records to inventory data, which can later be accessed on a fully secure basis and displayed in any number of configurations. Using Datastore, for instance, firms can quickly retrieve information around a crop field’s treatment, an asset’s serial number, or any other pertinent data.

Functions: Having advanced monitoring capability won’t matter if the data can’t be continually and accurately updated. Using the serverless architecture of the SDK Functions module, customers can run their server code directly from the app to securely sync current server data with the drone-deployed UI.

Triggers: With Triggers, clients will be able to create event-driven use cases, such as setting an alert threshold whenever stockpiles need to be replenished. Here, fully automated software notifications allow users to respond to events such as “processing complete” and “export complete” as needed. Once map data is ready to be exported, just set the configurations and automation takes over from there. Multi-action capabilities allow exported information to be directed to the company’s servers as well as to Procore or Autodesk, and users may send unique notifications to stakeholders as well.

Exploration/production company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is planning to utilize DroneDeploy SDK to integrate DroneDeploy with its internal tools. As part of this effort, Anadarko will programmatically create flight plans using DroneDeploy’s APIs and, with SDK’s Triggers function, automate exports to its internal GIS tools to create a seamless workflow upon flight completion.

Programmatic access through APIs

Through the UI Kit or Functions tool, the SDK platform can work with existing DroneDeploy APIs to transport, transform and automate each use case. The DroneDeploy API gives users comprehensive programmatic access to DroneDeploy’s functions and data, while keeping security a top priority.

With DroneDeploy SDK, it is simple to automate your workflows and save valuable time. Having a consistent automated workflow is the key to improving productivity, and by doing so, our customers will be able to spend more time analyzing the valuable data collected through DroneDeploy. With these new tools, we hope to have made it easier to achieve this than ever before.

Try SDK today

Start automating your workflows with the DroneDeploy SDK — if you are already an Enterprise customer, contact sales@dronedeploy.com to request your API key.

Where to Learn MoreLearn more about the SDK with our developer documentation.Have more questions? Schedule a chat with our sales team.Get Started with DroneDeploy

Introducing DroneDeploy’s SDK was originally published in DroneDeploy's Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

3 Construction Challenges Drones Are Making Easier

27 March 2019 - DroneDeploy

Simplifying life on the jobsite one drone at a time

Construction sites across the world rely on drone technology to plan, monitor, and track the progress of their ongoing projects. Used by everyone from the site superintendent to the C-level executive, the real-time data capabilities of DroneDeploy-equipped machines offer unparalleled insights into the construction process, helping companies stay safely on budget, on time.

While every undertaking is unique, many construction projects run into the same kinds of issues that can slow down progress or cause harm to workers on the ground. Here are three of the major construction challenges that drones now solve on a regular basis:

1. Planning Complex Projects

Accurately surveying your job site or project requires a tremendous amount of work. Whether it’s grading the land or uating site conditions, anything to help streamline the project planning process and shave weeks off of the project can end up saving significant amounts of money.

DroneDeploy software simplifies project planning through its aerial site intelligence capabilities. Tracking the progress of any construction project from start to finish, drones use aerial imagery to create real-time maps through which managers can inspect locations and make proactive decisions via actionable data.

2. Mitigating Dangerous Conditions

In the world of construction, nothing is more paramount than the safety of the workers with boots on the ground. Weather conditions, natural disasters or other hazardous conditions can get in the way of construction, impeding progress and potentially putting the construction crew at risk.

Drones equipped with live maps make it possible to accurately assess the real-time conditions for workers on any construction site. By surveying the site from a bird’s-eye view, construction crews will be able to proactively address any potential risks and keep danger at arm’s length.

3. Edging Over Glacier-like Technology

Construction tools of the past may have had access to limited technology that made it somewhat easier to assess, plan and execute projects, but many legacy solutions often required extra steps or access points to recover information. Downloading gigabytes of data from an SD card or over a weak internet connection could take hours or days — before the data could even be used for anything.

With Live Map, get real-time insights power real-time decisions in the field.

Instant Insights from DroneDeploy’s Live Map are just that, providing data that’s captured in real-time with no additional capabilities required to process or transmit the information. High-resolution maps can be shared with clients, collaborators and team members instantly, without the need to go back to the office and wait for files to load.

Where to Learn More

Interested in learning more about how drones and technology can improve safety and efficiency on construction sites?

Read our recent eBook to get a better idea of the leading technologies and how to implement them.

Or tune into our ongoing construction webinar series:

Improving Commercial Inspections and Job Site Safety with Drones Getting the Green Light for Your In-House Drone Program Managing Construction Projects with Drone Data Tracking and Communicating Site Progress with Drones

Ready to bring drones to your job site? Read our guide to starting a drone program.

Get Started with DroneDeploy

3 Construction Challenges Drones Are Making Easier was originally published in DroneDeploy's Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Corteva Agriscience™ Deploys The Largest Agricultural Drone Fleet In The World

25 February 2019 - DroneDeploy

The world’s largest agricultural drone fleet is transforming the way farmers manage their crops. Through a collaboration with Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, DroneDeploy’s advanced mapping software is powering Corteva Agriscience’s fleet of more than 400 DJI drones across the company’s global teams, including:

Seed ProductionSupply ChainPioneer Strategic Account ManagementAgronomy

Spanning three continents, DroneDeploy’s Live Map technology provides Corteva Agriscience’s UAV fleet of DJI drones with immediate insights to diagnose and correct agronomic, disease, and pest concerns, as well as to suggest locations for optimal product placement.

“We are aggressively uating and implementing decision agronomy tools like DroneDeploy to enable ouragronomists and contract seed growers to make timely decisions impacting seed yields and quality.” — Matt Kurtz,Corteva Agriscience™ Global Seed Technology Lead

Agriculture may be as old as civilization itself, but thanks to new technologies that make it easier to monitor crops and maximize yields, the industry remains on the cutting edge. In less than 15 minutes, advanced UAV technology can survey a 160-acre field to identify variations in plant soil and health, giving farmers direct access to real-time aerial views and data to help make informed agronomic decisions. The result is a full-scale drone operation that gives agronomists and contract seed growers the ability to make timely determinations that directly impact seed yields and quality.

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DroneDeploy’s Live Map technology provides real-time crop insights that enable growers to take immediate agronomic actions in the field. Whether it’s identifying an area that lacks irrigation or a particular crop that’s sprouting better (or worse) than expected, agricultural UAVs enable farmers to course correct issues through powerful, data-driven insights. Once drone fleets are ready to be deployed to field teams, drone operators undergo training to determine how to harness the power of aerial technology and ensure that operations adhere to local aviation regulations.

Utilizing UAVs developed by DJI, the collaboration between Corteva Agriscience and DroneDeploy brings some of the world’s most powerful agriscience solutions together with the world’s leading commercial drones and commercial drone software. Corteva Agriscience’s portfolio of products includes some of the world’s most recognizable brands in agriculture, including Pioneer, Brevant seeds, and Encirca and Granular, as well as Crop Protection products developed through active chemistry and technology.

DJI, the world leader in commercial and civilian drones, makes up more than 70% of the drone market and offers a wide variety of UAV products across many different industries. Combined with DroneDeploy’s user-friendly platform for real-time sharable drone maps and 3D models, farmers and agronomists across the globe will be able to carry out data-driven actions to keep fields full, healthy, and ready for seasons to come.

Where to Learn MoreLearn more about the improvements to the DroneDeploy Map Engine.Explore the DroneDeploy App Market to see more than 80 apps you can use today to generate insights with drone data.eBook: Drones in Agriculture

Be sure to read our latest eBook, The Ultimate Guide to Drones on the Farm.

Download our free eBook to learn more about drones in agriculture.Drones in agriculture webinar seriesDrones in Agriculture: Putting Your Drone to Work in the Field Mapping and Analyzing Crops: Tips and Tricks from the Ag Pros Drones in Agriculture: Getting the Most out of Your UAV This Growing SeasonGet Started with DroneDeployPut your drone to work with our new Precision Ag Package.Visit dronedeploy.com to start your free trial or request a consultation with one of our team members.The DroneDeploy mobile application is available for free download for both iOS and Android devices.

Corteva Agriscience™ Deploys The Largest Agricultural Drone Fleet In The World was originally published in DroneDeploy's Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Four Reasons Why Oil and Gas Companies Invest in Drones

17 February 2019 - DroneDeploy

Four Reasons Why Oil and Gas Companies Should Invest in DronesDrones provide practical, economical solutions for upstream, midstream and downstream operations.

In our previous post, we discuss the many ways you can begin using drones to improve inspections in the oil and gas sector. In this post, we take a look at the impact drones have on operations—and why it’s time you should consider investing in a drone program.

Drones provide O&G companies many benefits, including cost savings, improved communication, a safer work environment, and more accurate data. Read on to explore the key ways drones can transform your workflows.

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Inspecting O&G infrastructure and gathering critical data with drones cost substantially less than traditional inspection methods that require ground crews or manned flights. Drones are tough birds and can withstand harsh temperatures and other conditions. They get much closer to infrastructure than a helicopter or airplane, providing better visuals and data. Drones also minimize downtime by avoiding the need to shut down operations for inspections and by catching leaks and other maintenance issues early, lowering remediation costs.

Drones enable employees to conduct inspection and monitoring tasks without exposing themselves to the typical dangers of O&G operations. As a result, work hours lost due to injuries decline, medical expenses and insurance costs shrink, and the number of workplace events reported to OSHA and other regulatory agencies drop.

Safer Work Environments

Manual infrastructure inspections are often dangerous. For example, inspectors at wells and offshore rigs must climb up and down ladders and along catwalks — and even use cranes or harnesses and rappelling equipment to reach equipment. Inspectors sometimes must work in close proximity to harmful chemicals and dangerous machinery.

Drones perform inspections without risking employee safety. They’re particularly useful for inspections after blowouts or natural disasters — or when sending a ground crew to a site may be difficult, costly or unsafe.

Better, More Accurate Data

Drones provide a flexible platform for a wide range of cameras and sensors. They can collect data needed for situations requiring real-time solutions or store data for later analysis. Businesses can easily integrate digitized mapping information and other data from drone flights into analytical and AI solutions for advanced processing. For example, software solutions use topographical and geological data gathered by drones to create models that help identify promising oil and gas drill sites.

Not only do drones gather information more efficiently than human inspectors, the digital data enables employees to make better, data-driven decisions. This drastically reduces downtime, catches conflicts and issues faster, and helps keep your operation running like the well-oiled machine that it is.

Superior Communication

The remote nature of oil and gas work often requires operators to communicate with workers on sites around the world. This can present a challenge to managers and engineers working from the headquarters and collaborating with the boots on the ground. But drones can make things easier. Workers on the ground can fly drones on their site and upload the data to the cloud where back office managers can review and coordinate further inspection or follow ups — all without leaving the desk chair. Using software such as DroneDeploy makes it easy for the back office to markup maps or drop in annotations in real time so that inspectors can check on pressure points, leaks, or other potential issues.

Where to Learn More

The latest drone technology — like aerial mapping, thermal imaging, and digital terrain modeling — gives you a rich set of data to streamline your workflows and generate real-time insights.

Read our free eBook comprehensive look at drones in the oil and gas industry.Learn how DroneDeploy was used to map the largest oil storage facility in North America.Find out why solar power companies use drones to cut costs and drive adoption of clean power across America.Get Started with DroneDeploy

Four Reasons Why Oil and Gas Companies Invest in Drones was originally published in DroneDeploy's Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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