Mark Schnesk | Seiler GeoDrones

Mark Schnesk Professional Services Manager

Civil engineering technician with over 30 years in both civil design and geospatial analysis. My main responsibility is utilizing my knowledge of Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite products to assist clients in their operations by providing training, support services and custom workflows to help increase their productivity

FAA Part 107 Small UAS Recurrent Non-Part 61 Pilot online exam is live

Apr 9, 2021 | GeoPhoto, Miscellaneous, Survey

The FAA has launched its online course and exam to meet the requirements of Part 107 remote pilot with an sUAS rating (14 CFR part 107). Remote pilots holding a Part 107 certificate must complete recurrency training requirements every 24 months. This is to both...

Turn your mobile device into a 3D Scanner

Feb 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous, Survey

In this post, I want to point out two great products for quick object reality capture using your smartphone or tablet, Pix4DCatch and Autodesk ReCap Photo. In both programs, you use your mobile device to take a series of photos around an object that get...

Update Pix4d software to fix Mapbox basemap issue

Nov 25, 2020 | Emerging Tech, Survey

If you are experiencing a blank background in the Pix4D Map View, it is time to update your software. Pix4D software uses Mapbox as a basemap provider. Mapbox shut down its legacy static tiles as of November 1st, 2020. Older versions of Pix4D uses this older API and...