Going all the way back to the infamous Economic Impact Report created by AUVSI in 2013, it’s fair to say there’s been lots of talk about the impact drones could enable in precision agriculture. While experts have detailed how and why other markets will actually be bigger, there’s no denying the impact the technology could…
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The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Construction
Numerous applications of drone technology in the construction industry have proven to be incredibly powerful not only when it comes to performing tasks in faster, cheaper and safer ways, but also in terms of quantifying those differences. They’re distinctions we’ve explored when it comes to how large and small firms are using drones, whether or…
The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Civil Infrastructure
Whether it’s being able to inspect a bridge from the air just as easily as from the water or addressing critical infrastructure inspections in an entirely new way, drones are clearly having a significant impact on the approach civil infrastructure organizations are able to take. Enabling success with drones in civil engineering isn’t always a…
The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Mining & Aggregates
Enabling success with drones in mining & aggregates means something different for different organizations. For the most part, that success comes down to being able to perform tasks in a faster, cheaper or safer way, but the distinctions when it comes to where value can be found vary from providing better visibility of a stockpile…
The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Surveying & Mapping
The impact drones are having in the surveying & mapping sector is arguably more significant than anywhere else. Experts have identified the surveying and mapping industry as the most profitable of all the segments, while users have been able to quantify the value of the technology related to a enabling a potential 90% in timesavings…
The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Process, Power & Utilities
Drones are being used in a variety of applications across the process, power & utilities industries. Whether it’s to reduce cell tower inspection costs by up to 50% with drones or to use machine learning to automate the detection, classification and reporting of anomalies found during an inspection of a railway or simply to prove…
The Top 7 Drone Visionaries in 7 Commercial Markets – Emergency Response & Public Safety
We’ve highlighted many of the different ways that drones are being utilized by emergency response and public safety officials in a variety of situations and locations, but the ways in which the technology is making a difference are growing by the day. We’ve explored what it means to integrate drones into state and local government…