The FAA has announced new regulations today regarding UAVs and drones (to be in effect in 60 days). We're excited for the coming changes to allow a much less cumbersome process to safe UAS flights. Please see the links below for more info directly from the FAA. Fact Sheet Summary All 624 pages of the new [...]
Looking for more info on the Trimble ZX5? Trimble is having a webinar for the ZX5 on Oct 21st. The webinar is part of the "Time To Do More" series, sign up here. Description: Wondering what the new Trimble® ZX5 Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) can do for you? Learn about ZX5 UAS key system [...]
This should serve as a wake up call to those operating outside the law with UAVs. This company only recently came into compliance via the Section 333 exemption, and it's incredibly unlikely the FAA would have given them a COA to fly in the high density population areas in which they've flown. http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=19555
We're very excited to announce we received our commercial exemption from the FAA to allow Seiler Instrument to fly Trimble UAS. Our exemption will authorize us to fly either the UX5 or the more recent UX5 HP. This is a significant step to allow us to legally demonstrate UAS, which we believe will significantly impact the [...]
Trimble Access 2015.10 - Trimble Vision Holly Urbain - Seiler Geospatial Sales/Trimble Survey Certified Trainer Panorama command moved and improved The Panorama measurement method is now available from the Measure menu in Trimble Access 2015.10. It used to be found under the Instrument menu. Select this menu option when using any Trimble total station with [...]
We recently had the opportunity to meet up with some Trimble users in St. Louis to show off our MX2 system. We took a few minutes to drive down and back across the recently constructed Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge and also made a few passes of our corporate office. The GNSS/IMU trajectory was then corrected and [...]
Often, we find that customers are troubled by the time and cost to file for their own exemptions to legally fly a UAS. We are pleased that we can now offer guidance for our customers in this process. We are recommending this to our customers that want to see if they can get approval with a [...]
One of the most powerful attributes of the Trimble MX2 system is the system's portability. All of the data is collected from both LiDAR units, the spherical camera, IMU, & GNSS receivers onto a single laptop through an ethernet and USB cable. The system ships out in a few boxes, all of which can travel [...]
Our very first blog post will be a welcome one! The FAA and DOT have released the proposed rules for small UAS flight (small being less than 55 lbs.). These rules will have a tremendous impact on UAS flight for years to come. Most experts are now anticipating 18-24 months for the FAA to address all [...]