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From: Chris Anderson <[email protected]>
Date: May 24, 2017 at 8:58:18 AM GMT+10
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Subject: A message from Chris Anderson, Founder, DIY Drones
Reply-To: [email protected]
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Dear DIY Drones Member,
I founded the DIY Drones community ten years ago, in April 2007, and it’s hard to believe how far our world come since then. When we started, the idea of making your own autonomous drone sounded like science fiction; now millions of people have one. Back then, we were hacking Arduinos and the aerospace industry dismissed us as delusional hobbyists; now the software and hardware project that started here are among the world’s most sophisticated, including the thriving ArduPilot and Dronecode software projects that are used by top research institutes and organizations, from NASA to Intel and Qualcomm. Meanwhile this site itself has grown to 85,000 drone users and developers from across the globe, making it one of the world’s largest open robotics development communities.
Out of this community has come many companies, including my own 3DR. As the industry has transformed, 3DR has moved with it, from autopilots to drones to commercial drone software. I just chronicled this evolution in a Harvard Business Review cover story, from which the below illustration is taken:
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As part of this “third wave” of the drone industry, we at 3DR last year launched Site Scan, a complete drone-to-data platform built specifically for professionals in the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry.
Today, we are releasing the latest version of Site Scan and because you’ve been part of this journey I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about it. The all-new Site Scan Manager, our web app, makes it easy to view your jobs over time, measure stockpile volumes, export to PDF and more. You can learn about it here.
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Also, today we’re announcing our latest flight mode for Site Scan Field, our iOS app. Perimeter scan enables you to capture façades and vertical structures, making it easy to collect more accurate data in the field, going from topographic survey to detailed, 3D as-built models.
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Our customers—established firms like PCL Construction, Kimley-Horn, and McKim & Creed—are using Site Scan to capture aerial data on their jobsites. Drones are helping them design new bridges, survey inaccessible terrain, build artificial lagoons, measure stockpiles, and much more.
If you want to learn more about the new Site Scan and how it works, please contact us to speak with a specialist. To read more of our stories and see how Site Scan is being used, check out our blog.
As always, thanks for being a member of the DIY Drones community. I look forward to continuing to read your stories and seeing what you build.
Chris Anderson
Founder, DIY Drones
CEO, 3DR
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Date: May 24, 2017 at 8:58:18 AM GMT+10
To:
Subject: A message from Chris Anderson, Founder, DIY Drones
Reply-To: [email protected]
3dr_header.png
feature-image-5.png
Dear DIY Drones Member,
I founded the DIY Drones community ten years ago, in April 2007, and it’s hard to believe how far our world come since then. When we started, the idea of making your own autonomous drone sounded like science fiction; now millions of people have one. Back then, we were hacking Arduinos and the aerospace industry dismissed us as delusional hobbyists; now the software and hardware project that started here are among the world’s most sophisticated, including the thriving ArduPilot and Dronecode software projects that are used by top research institutes and organizations, from NASA to Intel and Qualcomm. Meanwhile this site itself has grown to 85,000 drone users and developers from across the globe, making it one of the world’s largest open robotics development communities.
Out of this community has come many companies, including my own 3DR. As the industry has transformed, 3DR has moved with it, from autopilots to drones to commercial drone software. I just chronicled this evolution in a Harvard Business Review cover story, from which the below illustration is taken:
threewaves_3.png
As part of this “third wave” of the drone industry, we at 3DR last year launched Site Scan, a complete drone-to-data platform built specifically for professionals in the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry.
Today, we are releasing the latest version of Site Scan and because you’ve been part of this journey I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about it. The all-new Site Scan Manager, our web app, makes it easy to view your jobs over time, measure stockpile volumes, export to PDF and more. You can learn about it here.
workflow_gif_800px-1-1.gif
Also, today we’re announcing our latest flight mode for Site Scan Field, our iOS app. Perimeter scan enables you to capture façades and vertical structures, making it easy to collect more accurate data in the field, going from topographic survey to detailed, 3D as-built models.
Photo
Our customers—established firms like PCL Construction, Kimley-Horn, and McKim & Creed—are using Site Scan to capture aerial data on their jobsites. Drones are helping them design new bridges, survey inaccessible terrain, build artificial lagoons, measure stockpiles, and much more.
If you want to learn more about the new Site Scan and how it works, please contact us to speak with a specialist. To read more of our stories and see how Site Scan is being used, check out our blog.
As always, thanks for being a member of the DIY Drones community. I look forward to continuing to read your stories and seeing what you build.
Chris Anderson
Founder, DIY Drones
CEO, 3DR
Copyright [emoji767] 2017 3DR, All rights reserved.
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