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New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF) 2017 winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 New York City Drone Film Festival (and to all of the folks who submitted)!

Interview: DJI Phantom 4 on TWiP Talks 37

This Week in Photo TWiP Talk 37: Frederick Van Johnson and I chat for 15 minutes about the new DJI Phantom 4 and what it means for consumer drones.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTrgoedkyqc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] DJI has released a teaser video for the new product that will be announced on March 1, 2016.  I’m excited because the video suggests a change in form from the venerable Phantom. Not much is revealed, but does tease at least one additional lens-based sensor, so we can expect more sophisticated object avoidance ...

3D aerial mapping of Cosson Hall, Treasure Island (Pix4D & DroneDeploy)

I processed 3D models / maps using Pix4DMapper Pro and DroneDeploy using the 569 aerial images I took at Cosson Hall on Treasure Island the other day, and the results are pretty spectacular

Aerial view of Cosson Hall Naval Barracks, Treasure Island

The two, six-arm Cosson Hall BEQ housing buildings on Treasure Island, San Francisco, are abandoned and scheduled to be demolished. The field on front of Cosson Hall is a common drone flight area...

Volume measurement from drone photogrammetry drops in price

(originally written for DroneCoalition and reproduced here on Skypixel.org) Yesterday, DroneDeploy announced Volume Measurements, an enhancement to their web-based photogrammetry service that enables rapid volume estimation using only a few clicks of the mouse. At the moment, drone-based volume estimation is commonly used for stockpile monitoring and is one of the few current use cases ...

El Niño Coastal Erosion Damage in Pacifica, California

On January 25, 2016, a state of emergency was declared in Pacifica, California, after king tides and storm surge pummeled the coastline.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOBQXuu_5Zw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Intel (in collaboration with Ars Electronica Futurelab) showed off 100 small drones swarming in concert to a performance of a bastardized version of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (incorporating Intel’s jingle). The demonstration was pulled off in Flugplatz Ahrenlohe, Tornesch, Germany, last November, and the swarming stunt won a Guinness World Record for “Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne ...

The DJI Phantom 3 Advanced is on sale at B&H Photo for $799 ($200 off), which is a ridiculously low price. The Amazon (Prime) price is $849 shipped, which is also a great deal. It’s likely that these sale prices are a result of the Phantom 3 4K being announced and a plan to phase ...