by David Herries | May 15, 2017 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, LiDAR
Exploring benefits of high density #UAV #drone #lidar from @RIEGL #VUX LiDAR scanner for forestry. With many hundreds of pulses per m2, the data allows one to measure trees and their attributes. This snippet of a cross section of Pinus radiata forest scanned by...
by David Herries | May 1, 2017 | Forest Health, GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, Health and Safety, Maori Forestry, UAV's / Drones
In the wake of Cyclone Cook and Cycle Debbie, Interpine’s UAV Team have are busy getting out to fly storm damaged blocks for insurance and salvage, as well as assessing roading/slips for access and recovery purposes. This provides key insights into repairing...
by David Herries | Apr 19, 2017 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
A profile view of an airborne #LiDAR (light blue) dataset from 1200m AGL vs #UAV / #Drone photo derived structure from motion #SFM digital surface model #DSM (dark blue) for a young plantation stand of Pinus radiata. Impressive just how well these datasets line up...
by David Herries | Apr 15, 2017 | GIS and Mapping, GPS, UAV's / Drones
An example of our remote sensing team using the Esri #ArcGIS Full Motion Video addin from #UAV #Drone video collected by our UAV’s. In this case providing the ability to map features direct from the video feed taken by the UAV within ArcGIS desktop. Thus...
by David Herries | Feb 15, 2017 | GIS and Mapping, GPS, UAV's / Drones
Excited to announce Interpine is now part of the #Esri Partner Network. This strengths our support for our clients across our #GIS services.
by David Herries | Feb 14, 2017 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
Our #UAV / #Drone team monitoring invasive weed at New Zealand’s #Hydro lakes, helping reduce the disruption to our power supply using #NIR (near infrared) imagery and the skills of GIS team for semi-automated classification for management of this risk to power...
by David Herries | Dec 21, 2016 | Forest Health, Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
Exploring the benefits of capturing #multispectral imagery of the forest using #UAV / #Drones. Shown here are our UAV team using the MicaSense RedEdge sensor with our DJI Matrice 100. Sensors such as this allow for more advanced remote sensing analysis by our GIS...
by David Herries | Dec 19, 2016 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
Silvicultural Inventory Using #Drones / #UAV – quantifying tree stocking and heights. Using drone based imagery and structure from motion photogrammetry, our remote sensing team combine an existing digital terrain model to allows forest managers to complete pre...
by David Herries | Dec 6, 2016 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
Making a difference in #Rural #Fire Management with #UAV / #Drones day or night. Hotspot monitoring with @newzealandfireservice and Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority. Interpine’s trained FLIR ICT thermographer’s working on the fire ground with thermal...
by David Herries | Nov 27, 2016 | Forest Health, GIS and Mapping, Health and Safety, UAV's / Drones
Use of #UAV / #Drones as a #forest management tool, providing #foresters an eye in the sky. Inspect 200ha in a few moments. The productivity gains in staff time and gains in better crop monitoring are within reach. But managing the application of this technology needs...
