Operating an UAV system illegally could have catastrophic consequences
It wasn’t us!
Aerometrex wishes it to be widely known that it was in no way responsible for, or connected with, an incident involving a runaway UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or Remotely Piloted Vehicle, RPA) in the northern Adelaide area in July 2012. The incident was fully reported in CASA’s safety newsletter and Flight Safety Australia under the title Intruder … Read the rest
Latest satellite imagery of Bushfires ravaging Tasmania 7th January 2013
Bushfires have destroyed more than 100 properties in Tasmania.
Strong winds up to 70 km/h is making the work of firefighters more difficult to bring several big bushfires under control.
Tasmanian Fire Service Website
Stay safe!
Virtual 3D city model: Melbourne, Victoria-aero3Dpro
A growing number of Australian councils are currently acquiring 3D city models as an economical and efficient geospatial dataset for application including but not limited to emergency and disaster management, urban planning, assets management, tourism and cultural heritage.
Use of 3D city models for the Australian solar industry
The solar industry is currently booming in Australia and a growing number of companies are providing solar power panels installation services all around the country ( See Wikipedia article for additional information on Solar power in Australia).
To maximize the electricity output of solar panels, their optimal position has to be determined by taking into account a range of parameters … Read the rest
aero3Dpro coming soon
Using aerial and ground photogrammetry technics, aero3Dpro provides fully texturised, geographically accurate and high-resolution 3D models which include all natural and man-made objects present in a scene.
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Aerial Photogrammetry from UAVs
The general trend in all industries is automation, the aerial photogrammetry industry is no different. The advent of digital cameras and poweful computing platforms has automated the image processing workflows from the film camera days. The advent of electric powered aircraft and affordable, small autopilots has made the business of flying and capturing imagery automated as well. The industry has … Read the rest
I Fly UltraCam
Microsoft Vexcel UltraCam photogrammetric digital aerial mapping cameras are the source of the best high resolution imagery in the world.
In this short video, we explain how AEROmetrex is taking advantage of UltraCam digital aerial sensors to provide quality aerial photography and photogrammetric mapping.
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Survey of Radar imaging technologies – Satellite Constellations
Visible light only forms a small slice of the electromagnetic spectrum centred at yellow – we have evolved to see things the way we do due to the solar peak radiation being somewhere near yellow.
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Rundle Street point cloud
Point cloud derived from vehicle based structure from motion platform. 5 Calibrated cameras mounted on our survey vehicle, point cloud generation routine a bit tightened up compared to those used for purely unstructured collection of photos.
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From the size of a mountain to the size of a 50 cents coin
Since the launch of the first Earth observation satellite in 1959, the world has witnessed incredible developments in terms of platform and sensors to observe the Earth. It is now possible to see virtually any part of our planet and distinguish objects the size of a mountain up to the size of a coin.
