THE HISTORY OF DUAL FREQUENCY GNSS ON MULTICOPTERS – SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT V-Map mounted on a modified Steadidrone The light weight dual frequency on board GNSS system for sUAVs was first conceptualized in September 2011 when we were once again frustrated by proprietary VTOL UAS manufacturers whom we could not convince of the advantages […]
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V-map White Paper
MAPPING WITHOUT GROUND CONTROL: NOW YOU CAN! Micro Aerial Projects L.L.C. is proud to announce that we have officially published our White Paper (Mapping without Ground Control) and launched our V-map System website at www.v-map.net during this years UAS Reno conference. With the V-map system we are able to produce accurate maps from UAV imagery without the […]
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Educating Future Surveyors
Micro Aerial Projects L.L.C. and drone2GIS Inc., (a licensed mapping company based in Gainesville Florida) have partnered over the past few months to assist the University of Florida’s Geomatics department with their UAS Certificate program. This collaboration brings both real world UAS mapping operation experience and decades of Surveying and Mapping experience to help educate future surveyors […]
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The Mapping Revolution
Our sister company, Drone2GIS, just returned from the 60th Annual General Meeting of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society (FSMS) in Naples Florida where we showcased the revolutionary mapping capabilities of small unmanned aerial systems (drones) and Structure from Motion (SfM) processing software. Have a look at our video which highlights this mapping revolution: Take […]
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PERSONAL MAPPING DRONES IN LAND ADMINISTRATION, AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
I just returned from a conference in Washington D.C. at which New America launched a well written primer for geospatial practitioners, land administrators and stake holders: Drones and Aerial Observation: New Technologies for Property Rights, Human Rights, and Global Development: We are pleased to see that our work has enabled us to […]
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Safety first: using parachutes on our drones
The Micro Aerial Projects V-Team philosophy in action: safety first! Using parachutes on our drones….
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Micro Aerial Projects third World Bank Conference
Micro Aerial Projects third World Bank Conference Three years ago (2013), Micro Aerial Projects L.L.C. first attended the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty giving a paper with Dr. Grenville Barnes of the University of Florida and Kevin Barthel of the Land Alliance titled “Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to democratize spatial data production: […]
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MICRO AERIAL PROJECTS OFFERING MASTER CLASS AT ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 27
We are busy with final preparations for our participation at the Innovation Fair of this year’s annual Land and Poverty Conference organized by the World Bank in Washington DC where we will also be hosting a Master Class. High Resolution Mapping With Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS) March 27, 2015, 09h00-10h30 1818 H Street NW […]
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The V-Map System in Action
It takes more than drones to make high quality maps. Using our dual frequency ultra-fast (20Hz) ultra-light (130g) V-Map system we can very quickly determine precise coordinates for Ground Control Points as well as Camera Exposure Positions. The V-Map system provides the back-bone to high quality drone mapping. The V-Map System used as […]
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MICRO AERIAL PROJECTS LLC AT WORLD BANK CONFERENCE INNOVATION FAIR
MICRO AERIAL PROJECTS LLC AT WORLD BANK CONFERENCE INNOVATION FAIR We are pleased to be exhibiting at the Innovation Fair of the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty on Thursday, March 26 in Washington DC. Our highly automated and affordable, products and services provide an opportunity to build local small enterprise capacities in aerial […]
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