Tag: Commercial Drones

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 18: Meerkat and Event Announcements

    You can subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, grab the RSS feed or play from the website. Podcast Sponsor This episode of the Professional Land Surveyor Podcast (PLSP) is brought to you by the Analist Group – The Complete Mapping and Topographic Solution with Innovative Software Solutions for Land Surveying, Mapping and Construction. Shownotes – Episode 18: Meerkat and Event Announcements

  • Laser Scanning Drones: XactSense is First to Fly Velodyne’s New Low-Cost LIDAR “Puck”

    XactSense Inc. has developed a new platform for low-altitude aerial mapping using the newly released Velodyne LIDAR VLP-16 “Puck”. Drone LIDAR mapping for the masses is here. Providence, Rhode Island (PRWEB) March 02, 2015 XactSense, Inc. has developed a new platform for low-altitude aerial mapping using the newly released Velodyne LIDAR VLP-16 “Puck”. Drone LIDAR…

  • Commercial Drones Webinar: Proposed Rules, Tools and Business Opportunities

    Commercial Drones Webinar: Proposed Rules, Tools and Business Opportunities

    Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (EDT) Cost: Free To Register: CLICK HERE Please join us for this complimentary commercial drones webinar. With the recent announcement by the FAA of proposed rules for commercial drones, UAS or UAV, learn about the proposed rules, the tools and business opportunities using this new and…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 17: Commercial Drones Get Proposed FAA Rules

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  • DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Regulations will facilitate integration of small UAS into U.S. aviation system WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in today’s aviation system, while maintaining flexibility to accommodate future technological innovations. The FAA proposal offers safety…

  • Safe Drone Usage Legislation to Create Safe Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Policies By FAA

    Congressional Legislation Urges the Federal Aviation Administration to Create Safe Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) policies Feb. 05, 2015 Murkowski, Young Introduce Bicameral Bills Pushing for Safe Drone Usage Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Don Young announced companion legislation in both chambers of Congress aimed at urging the Federal Aviation Administration to create policies for safe usage…

  • US DOT To Release Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Rules This Week

    New Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Rules For Commercial Use Is imminent The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a monthly update of proposed rulemaking to release the long-awaited Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) rules this week. These rules, for the commercial us of sUAS, UAVs, or…

  • Commercial Drones Legal (For Now)

    This news is republished from the Professional Land Surveyor Newsletter, which you can read and subscribe to here »»http://eepurl.com/PUWDP Judge Rules Commercial Drone Use Legal Yesterday, National Transportation Safety Board administrative judge Patrick Geraghty ruled that it is legal to use UAS, or drones. This has not been the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) position for several years. This…