5 Things on Friday - UAV Tech Tips Edition
Welcome once again to 5 Things. To kick things off, have you been wondering, or needing to know for a future project, what products are available from Esri to support UAV projects and workflows? There are a range of options available to you depending on your specific needs - flight planning, data collection, data processing, and analysis.
UAV Solutions to consider:
ArcGIS Drone2Map easily processes drone imagery and creates high-quality 2D and 3D products, such as orthomosaics, digital surface models, and point clouds. View this blog to learn about what's new in Drone2Map as of Nov 2023.
ArcGIS Image Analyst is an extension for ArcGIS Pro that enables advanced image analysis capabilities for UAV imagery. It includes tools for feature extraction, change detection, and object recognition.
ArcGIS Reality is an end-to-end drone mapping software. It allows users to visualize and interact with spatial data, including UAV data, in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) environments. With ArcGIS Reality, users can overlay UAV data onto the real world using AR or create virtual environments.
Site Scan for ArcGIS is a complete drone-to-cloud system for capturing, processing, analyzing, and sharing UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) data within the ArcGIS platform. It is designed to streamline the entire UAV workflow, from flight planning and data capture to data processing and analysis.
Esri's popular cloud-based platform, ArcGIS Online, provides tools for storing, managing, and sharing UAV data. Users can upload your drone imagery, create web maps and apps, and collaborate with others. Esri's desktop GIS software, ArcGIS Pro, supports UAV data processing and analysis. It includes tools for georeferencing, image classification, and 3D visualization. ArcGIS Enterprise suite allows organizations to deploy and manage their own complete GIS infrastructure. It includes components for storing and processing UAV data, as well as sharing it securely within the organization.
These are examples of the products offered by Esri that support UAV workflows. Each product has its own set of features and capabilities.
Here's a fun read that celebrates the Esri Community and their accomplishments in 2023. Explore maps and stories from some of the tens of thousands of users and Community leaders from around the World. Meet some of the passionate community members as they share stories of how they found their calling. Esri Community is a great place to connect with others, share your stories, and ask questions.
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Best of all, if you have a great map that the Maps.com editorial team should know about, submit it for consideration at maps.com/submit-map/.
This past week the good folks from Esri Canada delivered an interesting webinar to educate and inform attendees all about the latest release of ArcGIS Pro (v 3.2) - FYI, the team from Canada always does a great job with their webinars and I'm a frequent attendee and fan! Learn all about the new features and enhancements in the latest release of the flagship product from Esri in the webinar recording. In some related reading, enjoy this post on Esri Community that shares some of the Top-requested features in this release.
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