It's been a while since our last blog post, and I'm hoping these will become more regular. Today's topic is fairly well understood by the expert (or even intermediate) drone pilot, but can come as a surprise to beginners. When it comes to drone photogrammetry, there...
As of the latest release, we've seen a drastic reduction in bugs and issues, so it's time to take GeoPhoto out of beta. We're going to keep it free at least through the end of the year. For technical resources, the beta announcement still has the best info....
Is it possible to use an aircraft instead of a team of earthbound inspectors to check a gas line for leaks? Last week Seiler Instrument was in Illinois demonstrating how it's possible to get off the ground and examine hundreds of yards of gas line in minutes using the...
Are Drones Accurate? - For the common photogrammetry workflow, surveyors can count on accuracy of between 1 and 3 times the ground sample distance within the imagery collected by the drone. This is to say 1-3x the distance between the center of each neighboring...
Seiler Instrument Corporate Headquarters Modelled with Drone By Eric P. Seiler The Seiler Instrument Emerging Tech team collected aerial data from their 7 acre headquarters site in Kirkwood Missouri. Using a DJI Matrice 200 Series Drone, the building was captured in...
With the explosion of the drone market or the more formal term, unmanned aircraft systems, we asked Travis LeMoine, our Emerging Tech Director and Drone expert to put together the following FAQ's. 1. What locations are restricted from flight? In altitude, the FAA...
With the explosion of the drone market or the more formal term, unmanned aircraft systems, we asked Travis LeMoine, our Emerging Tech Director and Drone expert to put together the following FAQ's. 1. Is a pilot's license still required to fly a drone? A:...
The FAA has announced new regulations today regarding UAVs and drones (to be in effect in 60 days).  We're excited for the coming changes to allow a much less cumbersome process to safe UAS flights.  Please see the links below for more info directly from the FAA. Fact...
We're very excited to announce we received our commercial exemption from the FAA to allow Seiler Instrument to fly Trimble UAS.  Our exemption will authorize us to fly either the UX5 or the more recent UX5 HP.  This is a significant step to allow us to legally...
Often, we find that customers are troubled by the time and cost to file for their own exemptions to legally fly a UAS.  We are pleased that we can now offer guidance for our customers in this process.  We are recommending this to our customers that want to see if they...