Graduates of our Drone training succeeding out in the forest
Great to see graduates of our fly your own drone for foresters programme using these new effective tools out there in the forest. Acacia Farmery completed our CAA Part 101 drone operators training and earned her “CAA Wings Badge” certification. Acacia Farmery readies...
Demostration of Virtual Reality Forest Inventory at ForestTech 2018
Interpine team recently presented and demonstrated at ForestTech 2018 the use of virtual reality for in forest inventory. While the system can use terrestrial LiDAR the focus was on using utra dense point clouds from airborne sensors flying above the tree canopy....
Renewal of CAA CAR102 Drone Operations Certification for Next 5 Years
Congratulations to our team for a successful audit and re-certification of our drones operations working under the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of NZ. The team showed their professionalism and attention to detail throughout the re-certification process and this...
Meet the Team at ForestTech 2018
Interpine will again be along at ForestTech 2018, being held in Rotorua and Melbourne this November. Come along and hear about our latest advances in Virtual Reality, LiDAR and Drone applications across the forest industry.
Use of UAV / Drones for Wildfire Operations Profiled at WAFA Conference in Wellington
Patrick and Chris from our UAV / Drone operations and remote sensing team presenting at Women & Fire Fighting Australasia Inc Conference 2018 in Wellington this week. They were part of a workshop series at Wellington airport hanger looking at highlighting Air...
Interpine helping with North American Wildfires in Canada
Interpine's General Manager, David Herries recently took some time out from overseeing Interpine's Innovative team and deployed into British Columbia, Canada to help with the wildfires over the 2018 summer. Outside of his role with Interpine, David is also a...
Virtual reality experiments in Rotorua could replace forestry field work
The forestry industry has been experimenting with virtual reality in Rotorua this week to develop new ways of measuring tree growth. The University of Tasmania and Interpine are carrying out the research, which is partially funded by Forest and Wood Products...
Tree Seedling Delivery using Drones becomes a Reality
#Drone / #UAV #Tree #Seedlings #Delivery for #Forestry #Plantation establishment in steep hill country in #NewZealand. Significant reduction in risk of slip, trip, fall and back strain incidents while increasing productivity through reduced downtime. While pizza...
Multispectral Mapping of Invasive Aquatic Weed Using Drones / UAV
ESRI StoryMap of Drone UAV based Invasive Lake Weed Mapping and Management for Hydropower Generation. In this example our UAV team are mapping the area of surface weed (Lagarosiphon and Hornwort) beds or floating rafts on Lake Rotoaira, New Zealand. ...
UAV / Drone Insights – Gravity Roller Crushing Supervision
An example video of using #RPAS / #Drone / #UAV technology for supervision and safe behavior observations during a gorse conversion project for the establishment plantation #forestry in New Zealand. A single rope gravity #roller #crusher is being used in this case....
Interpines’ Latest Drone, Detects then Warns of Incoming Aircraft
This is an example of the maturing in drones to make safe use our airspace while ensuring we get the benefits of drone technology. Watch this video to see Interpine latest DJI Matrice 210 RTK drone detect and warn the pilot of an incoming manned aircraft. Automatic...
Satellite Imagery of the 2018 Tolaga Bay Floods
Interpines' skilled remote sensing team showing the effectiveness of high resolution before and after satellite imagery for the flooding that recently affected Tolaga Bay in the Gisborne region of New Zealand. High resolution satellite coverage is now almost daily in...
Watching a Forest be Harvested from Space Using Daily Satellite Imagery
Watch a forest in New Zealand be harvested from space, using the latest in remote sensing technology. Monitoring forest activity is a key element of forest management. Timely information enables better decision making and reconciliation leading to better value...
Effectiveness of Drones Shown During Civil Defense Emergency
Great to have the effectiveness and professionalism of our #UAV / #Drone team highlighted with direct acknowledgment from the Hon Steve Chadwick, Mayor of Rotorua. Our team recently provided support for the #emergency and #civildefence response to help our local...
STICKS Harvesting System – Making a Footprint in Sweden / Finland
Our Harvesting Performance Services manager Ian Wilson is currently in Finland / Sweden looking at better approaches and opportunities to enhance #forest #machinery #training for existing and new operators entering our industry. Learning through simulation is a key...
Simulator Training for Machine Operation
Great to see the next generation of machine operators training in the world leading #forest #harvesting #simulator suite at Toi-Oho-Mai Instution of Technology Rotorua. Interpine have been donating support to this program as part of our harvesting performance systems...
Introductory Drone / UAV Training Course: 18-22 June 2018
Interpine is continuing to provide a pathway for the adoption and wider deployment of #DJI #MavicPro #Phantom4 #UAV / #Drones, RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) to be a regular tool being used by our field foresters within our Forest #Industry here in New...
Using High Cadance (Daily) Satellite Imagery for Forest Monitoring
Our remote sensing team profiling the benefits of 3m resolution daily #CubeSats #satellite #imagery for post storm event analysis for the #NZ #forestry sector. An example of 3m resolution satellite imagery of a flooding event. Pre and post imagery of the event. ...
Collaborative Forestry Remote Sensing Data Acquisition Campaign
Interpine, together with the researchers involved in a current FWPA funded remote sensing project have published a video of the recent data acquisition campaign at the Carabost State Forest P. radiata plantation in southern NSW. Teams from NSW DPI, University of...
Wood Chip Pile Volumes – Making a Difference with Drone Technology
See, measure, and monitor forest wood chip piles as they grown & shrink with Drones / UAV and photogrammetry technology. Remember making a difference with technology is more important than the technology itself. There are many ground breaking technological parts...
UAV’s and Harvesting Operations
Our #uav team improving value recovery from #forest #harvestingoperations using Esri #fullmotionvideo technology in field studies with DJI #drones. Showing the industry new ways to do previously difficult and time consuming tasks.
MobileTECH 2018
Our GM David Herries gave a practitioners view as a key note speaker this week at the primary sectors #MobileTECH2018 conference in Rotorua, NZ. Reviewing how digital technology impacts on the forestry sector and how the industry is moving forward and making progress...
STICKS making its way to Canada
Its not (just) about the processor.... Our #STICKS #harvester #woodflow management system now making a splash in #forest harvest in British Columbia #Canada by allowing for better value extraction & woodflow for the forest company, & better productivity...
UAV for Seedling Counts
Millions of #tree #nursery seedlings counted using our #Drone / #UAV based #inventory. #remotesensing technology helping to keep an eye on the New Zealand vision of "one billion trees target in the next 10 years"
UAV Training Course – March 2018
Our #UAV #Drone team working alongside Massey University School of Aviation has recently completed training and certification of another 12 #foresters from throughout NZ whom are taking drones into their workplace to make forest operations and monitoring more...
A Visit with the Minister of Forestry
New Zealand Minister of Forestry,Hon Shane Jones recently visited our Remote Sensing and #UAV #Drone team in #Rotorua. Sarah Pitcher-Campbell and Chris Scoggins demonstrated how innovative our industry is in the use of remote sensing technology...
ForestTech X Conference – Canada
Ian Wilson, our Harvesting Performance Services Manager recently presented alongside Austimber Harvesting contractor Ian Reid and Waratah Managing Director Jules Larsen on the benefits of using forest harvester information at the recent tech transfer ForestTechX...
ForestTechX – Canada 2018
Great day in #Vancouver #Canada with our remote sensing team leading a #workshop as part of #ForesttechX conference with rapidlasso. Providing insights into using #Lidar for enhanced #forest #inventory with #LAStoolsand Interpine’s forest yield imputation area based...
3500 UAV Flights
Great work to our #UAV team, just over 3500 #flights now completed across New Zealand. Here is a neat view of the all our flight logs over the last couple of years. This is a key component of our CAA 102 certification ensuring all flights are logged and pilots flight...
Thermal IR Drone Deployment to Chatham Islands Fire
Great to have our #UAV #drone and remote sensing team making a difference in fire management again this season, conducting thermal IR surveys across some 2500ha of fire ground on the Chatham Islands. Here is some of the feedback from the incident controllers.... “Your...
LiDAR Research in New South Wales
Our team capturing #LiDAR data using the #Riegl #VUX-1LR over radiata pine #forest in New South Wales forest last week. This is part of our remote sensing programs being conducted both here in New Zealand and Australia, with our research and airborne partners. Watch...
Drones Used for Dunedin Fire
Our #UAV #drone team again around the country this week working with Fire and Emergency NZ and Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force in Dunedin. Providing updated fire ground maps, thermal hotspot surveys, and training ground crews on use of mapping apps on their smartphones,...
UAV Team Southland Fire Deployment
The #UAV #Drone team were recently deployed with Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force to Southland last week, clearing hotspots and providing updated fire maps for the Fire and Emergency NZ firefighters on the ground. ...
Advances in Remote Sensing Presented at Forest Growers Conference
A recent video interview with our General Manager, David Herries after speaking at the #Forest Growers Research conference in Christchurch NZ. As New Zealand’s largest #UAV service provider to the forest industry, we are already using UAV’s for a whole suite of forest...
3-D Print – a new way to visualize your forest
Our #remotesensing team pushing a new way to #visualize your forest and help with planning and #engineering with #3D models. #3Dprinting #forest #LiDAR
Drones and Helicopters – shared work
Working alongside Fire and Emergency NZ, the Interpine #UAV team are putting #drones & helicopters to work together during #fire #attack. Combined, fire mapping and #hotspot detection use the smarts of the drone such as full motion video mapping as we have come to...
CAA 102 Certification for Interpine’s Unmanned Aerial Drone Services
Our team UAV / Drone team continue to lead by example within the forest industry; having recently been certified last month with CAA Part 102 operating privileges. Being the first forestry and/or rural fire related UAV provider to do so in New Zealand. These...
LiDAR – seeing the forest for the trees
Seeing the #forest for the #trees, explore and #visualize #LiDAR in #3D of your forest and see how the #data provides estimates of forest #yield. https://goo.gl/cCwHaA Share this link with your teams and help foresters understand the ability of LiDAR to describe the...
Drone Tech Profiled on #TVNZ as a Leading Innovator in Forestry Sector
Interpine's #UAV #Drone technology profiled on #TVNZ as a leading innovator to improve #safety, workloads, and the way we manage our forests in the New Zealand #Forest Industry. https://youtu.be/To8aMe3SZ0A
ForestTech 2017 – Drones in the Forestry Sector
Great to see safety is a big focus for #uav #drone use in the #forestry sector. #Timberlands Forest Engineer Hazel Swanson talking about practical benefits of drones for forest engineering after the last 6 months putting drones to work in the forest, and the...
Forest LiDAR – What Are We Looking At
So what are LiDAR point clouds? Our team look at and analyze this type of data to regenerate estimates of forest yield. But not many foresters actually get to look and see the detail behind all the numbers. Want to enjoy the fascination and immerse yourself in a...
UAV / Drones in Forestry – Reaching for a New Perspection
Because of the scale involved in forestry, both time and area, mathematics has always been heavily employed so foresters can take samples and calculate averages or make predictions on the growth or yield of their crop. With the advent of increasingly usable and...
Using Drones for Pest Management – a possibility
Students at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology have worked with Interpine to look at potential of #UAV / #Drones and remote sensing to help with pest control operations. UAVs flown over forests and remnant bush sites, particularly those not currently receiving any...
Potential of Using UAV / Drones for Pest Control ?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and remote image sensing cameras have considerable potential for use in pest control operations. UAVs equipped with remote sensing cameras could be flown over forests and remnant bush sites, particularly those not currently receiving...
UAV’s Useful in Woodchip Stocktakes
Our UAV team making the #pulp #paper #industry more efficient through more timely #volumetric #stock takes with #Drones / #UAV "Use of UAV’s for quantifying our stock pile volumes has been a great step forward in a timely and more accurate process wood fiber...
Forestry Felling Breakage Studies with ESRI Full Motion Video Mapping
Forestry felling stem breakage studies with #ESRI Full Motion Video Mapping technology enhances the way we can monitor and develop models with data collected with #drones #UAV in the #Forest. youtu.be/V9VmZbvaIQA
Not all about the day job.. Our #UAV pilots volunteer to track Kiwi.
Quietly amongst the Kaweka Ranges in Hawkes Bay the Kiwi can more often be heard. North Island Brown Kiwi to be exact with help from the Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd Kiwi Creche, located at the Boundary Stream Mainland Island Reserve, and the tireless efforts of a few...
Helping Make the Pulp & Paper Sector More Efficient with Timely Chip Stocks
Our UAV team making the #pulp #paper #industry more efficient through more timely #volumetric #stock takes with #Drones / #UAV. "Use of UAV’s for quantifying our stock pile volumes has been a great step forward in a timely and more accurate process wood fibre...
PlotSafe in Virtual Reality
Assessing / cruising plantation pine recoverable volume by logtype (MARVL PlotSafe Assessment) in virtual reality. Yielding the potential of highly dense point cloud data from #UAV based LiDAR, Bruce Hill our senior operations manager trialed tree measurement and...
Using Thermal IR and Fire Modelling to help with Fire Attack Planning and Suppression
Great to be presenting alongside the Scion rural fire research team at the annual Forest Growers Research Conference being held in Christchurch. With a field trip from the conference visiting the fire ground and together with the Department of Conservation...
Improved Energy Efficiencies through Thermal Imagery
Great to see example of further application of our teams #Drones / #UAVworking to provide efficiencies in the wood processing sector. Here is a unique aerial perspective at an industrial site survey using #Thermal#Infrared cameras; providing insights for developing...
ForestTech 2017
Registration is now open for Interpine and rapidlasso 's #ForestTech 2017 #LiDAR in #Forestry workshops in either Rotorua & Melbourne 17 & 23 Nov respectively. Numbers are limited due to venue and computer availability so get in quickly if you are interested....
Full Motion Video – New Functionality for Forest Mapping Technology
Using #DJI #UAV #Drones as a measurement tool using the #ESRI #ArcGISfull motion video capabilities bring new functionality to the way we can use this technology in the forest for mapping, trials and monitoring forest activity, review the following video to see how...
Get your Wings – Drone Training Course
Our #UAV / #Drone Team providing another great training course for the #UAV / #Drone training intake for Aug 2017. A group of 11 foresters, including staff from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Ministry for Primary Industries, Hancocks Forest Management, Forest...
LiDAR meets 3D Printing – Benefits of 3D Printing for Forest Engineering
Our Remote Sensing team are constantly immersing ourselves in 3D modelling from our rich #LiDAR datasets. #3Dprintingtechnology brings this from the screen to the table. Meet our miniature model of White Island Volcano in New Zealand. Getting #LiDAR data adopted is...
3D Printing – New Opportunities for Viewing Data
Our Remote Sensing team are constantly immersing ourselves in 3D modelling from our rich #LiDAR datasets. #3Dprinting technology brings this from the screen to the table. Meet our miniature model of White Island Volcano in New Zealand. Getting #LiDAR data adopted is...
Using Drones / UAV for 3D Modelling Forest Tree Structure
The Interpine #UAV #Drone continue to innovate around the use of structure from motion 3D modelling. In this case we show some examples of modelling tree structure and resulting stem volume / form, which are important in the forest yield modelling calculations. Doing...
Investigating Tree Structure from 3D Modelling
The Interpine #UAV #Drone continue to innovate around the use of structure from motion 3D modelling. In this case we show some examples of modelling tree structure and resulting stem volume / form, which are important in the forest yield modelling calculations. Doing...
Plantation Estate – LiDAR Capture
NZ Forestry Sector Collaborates in Capturing 532,000ha of the Plantation Estate with #LiDAR Remote Sensing. Interpine Innovation is currently around 50% through the LiDAR capture of 532,000ha of plantation forest in New Zealand. It’s a collaborative project that...
NZ Forestry Sector Collaborates in Capturing 532,000ha of the Plantation Estate with LiDAR
Interpine Innovation is currently around 50% through the LiDAR capture of 532,000ha of plantation forest in New Zealand. It’s a collaborative project that brings together forest owners, which affords efficiencies in both LiDAR capture and processing. LiDAR which...
Innovations in Drone use in the Rural Fire; FRFANZ Conference 2017
Interpine's General Manager and Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force Deputy Station Officer FENZ Rural, David Herries will be providing insights into use #UAV #Drones during 2016/17 #fire season at #FRFANZ (#UFBA) conference 1-4 August 2017 in Auckland. After successfully...
Rise of the Forest Drones; HarvestTech 2017 Conference
Rise of the #forest #drones; Interpine's UAV team leader spoke recently at the FIEA HarvestTech 2017 conference in Rotorua. With of 450 delegates hearing about operational implementation and future opportunities that will see improvements in the way harvest...
Forest and Rural Fire Association Annual Conference 2017
Interpine's General Manager and Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force Deputy Station Officer FENZ Rural, David Herries will be providing insights into use #UAV #Drones during 2016/17 #fire season at #FRFANZ (#UFBA) conference 1-4 August 2017 in Auckland. After successfully...
Adopting UAV Technology into Forestry – HarvestTech2017
"rise of the #forest #drones" Interpine's UAV team leader spoke recently at the FIEA HarvestTech 2017 conference in Rotorua. With of 450 delegates hearing about operational implementation and future opportunities that will see improvements in the way harvest...
STICKS at HarvestTech 2017
Benefiting from machine information. Ian Wilson, Interpine's Harvesting Servies Manager recently presented at HarvestTech 2017 in Rotorua. Ian profiled the StanForD information which can provide a wealth of information on machine operating for the harvest contractor....
Forest Canopy Mapping – what can be achieved
We often get asked about the extent in which a drone can map a #forest, how large is too large? It often comes down to careful planning and processing to help answer this question, and every scenario can be different. Here is an example of 533ha of forest mapped using...
A New Way to Distribute Seedlings
Interpine's UAV team preparing for the upcoming radiata pine planting season across our plantations in New Zealand. Targeting to ease the distribution of #forest #seedlings for #planting with our #UAV / #Dronestechnology. Distribution of planting boxes to those that...
Forestry is always Interesting
Everyday at Interpine we reflect on the interesting places our jobs as #foresters take us around the world. Visiting different but similar forests and cultures.
Forest Harvester System Management Workshop in Rotorua 2017
#Forest #harvester system management through Interpine's ForestPHD #STICKS Cloud Service. We are hosting an industry user workshop today at @ToiOhomai Forestry School in Rotorua. With some 20 million m3 of wood supply in STICKS over the last couple of years, 58,000+...
UAV and Harvesting Technology – helping to make forestry a safer industry
Interpine #UAV / #Drone and Harvesting Performance Systems team part of the field day showing recent advances in the harvesting technology being used and deployed into our #forest industry in New Zealand. This is coverage from #TVNZ One News reviewing the technology...
Weed Mapping for Hydro Lakes
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...
Training Your Forest Supervisors to Use UAV / Drones
Great to be training another set of 10 #Forestry #Supervisors this last week deploying the #DJI #MavicPro #Phantom4bringing #UAV / #Drones / RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) to be a regular tool being used by our field foresters with our Forest #Industry here...
Achieving your UAV Civil Aviation Authority CAR 101 Wings Badge
Great to be training another set of 10 #Forestry #Supervisors this last week deploying the DJI Australia and New Zealand #MavicPro #Phantom4bringing #UAV / #Drones to be a regular tool being used by our field foresters with our Forest #Industry here in New Zealand....
Interpine at Hawkes Bay Career Expo
Great to again be participating in another #careers #expo, this time in Hawkes Bay promoting the #forest industry with the Hawkes Bay #ForestryGroup (collective of forest companies in the region) and our Interpine team to our next generation of forest scientists,...
Promoting Forest Industry to our Next Generation
Great to be at Rotorua and Hawkes Bay #Careers #Expo with a joint stand with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology School of Forestry, Timberlands, Jensen Logging, Rotorua Forest Haulage, Pan Pac, Rayonier, Forest Management NZ, Eastern Inistitute of Technology &...
Use of Drone Mounted Sensors to Vegetation Detection
Our Interpine head office in #Near #Infrared 360 panoramic. Just a small example of a narrow wavelength combined image in Green, Blue, and #NIR(in the red channel). These sensors are mounted on our #UAV #Droneplatforms for the detection of vegetation and/or indicators...
ATLAS GeoMaster Toolbar Greyed Out in ESRI ArcGIS on our Cloud Services Desktop?
After an upgrade of GeoMaster and/or ArcGIS without our cloud services remote desktop, users may need to reconnect and setup their ESRI ArcGIS Desktop environment again (dependent on if this is a major or minor update). This means you will need to activate any...
Using PSLOG in our Cloud Services Remote Desktop
You will find a shortcut to your PSLOG application on the desktop or from the Windows Start Menu. This will open PSLOG in your cloud desktop environment. Understanding the PSLOG System Folder Contents Under your S:Drive you will find a PSLog shared user folder. ...
Trialing the Cloud Services for Forest Management ?
If you are trialing our services, there are a few things you should know. Firstly by signing up for a trial you have signed a trial agreement. This outlines your basic obligations in using this environment only for trialing the software and not for production...
Using Microsoft 365 with Interpine Cloud Services Remote Desktop (OneDrive and SharePoint) ?
When you’re inside Interpine's Cloud Services remote desktop environment, you have the ability to use OneDrive Sync client to access and sync documents to your Microsoft 365 account. This provides access to your OneDrive and SharePoint document store. Location...
Setup and Use Dropbox in the Interpine Cloud
We allow users to link there Dropbox accounts with our Cloud Management remote desktop in a similar manner to providing this functionality for OneDrive users. The service is setup for sharing your "Dropbox for Business" account or selected folders with all your...
Optimise your Remote Desktop Experience for Poor Internet Connections ?
As fibre broadband reaches out around the country those in main centers experience fast and reliable internet connections. Our forests are often in remote locations around the country well away from such luxury of high speed internet connections. So an often asked...
Monitoring Our Cloud Services Environment for Performance?
Interpine server infrastructure powering our cloud environment is continually monitored using eG Enterprise tools manage tools for performance impacts. A user dashboard is available to display key system parameters allowing users to see current load and system...
Linking Office 365 Stored Documents with GeoMaster ?
NOTE: For more specific use of document manager and its functionality see ATLAS GeoMaster help documentation. This FAQ relates to the direct link of Office 365 stored documents to GeoMaster. GeoMaster allows you to store important links to documents, to allow these...
Accessing Precise Information for Improved Forest Engineering Planning
Start precisely managing your in #forest #quarry stock #volumes with #Drones #UAV. This removes some of the unknown to enable better planning around your forest engineering projects. And with recent experience this also helps being able to react in a timely manner to...
Exploring Benefits of High Density UAV Drone 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...
Using UAV / Drones for Storm Damaged and Salvage Assessment
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 and...
UAVs Provide Footage of Cyclone Damage
Our UAV team have been busy out monitoring the recent impacts of the #storm damage across #forests estates using #Drones #UAV. This provides key insights into repairing and assessing damage from the recent cyclones #CycloneDebbie #CycloneCook.
STICKS Harvester Information System most widely used throughout Australasia
Are you interested in Forest Value Recovery from your own forest or those that you are harvesting or managing. Ask for a demo of our cloud platform #STICKS, and Plan, Harvest and Deliver based on production data from your harvesters in the forest. This collates tree...
LiDAR vs UAV / Drone Digital Surface Model (DSM) of Young Radiata pine
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...
UAV / Drone Full Motion Video Mapping with ESRI Addin
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 providing the...
Interpine Provides UAV / Drone Training to NZ Fire Service
Interpine #UAV team have spent the last week providing hands on #Drone Training for the @newzealandfireservice #USARteam with a range of DJI multirotors. In partnership with Massey University School of Aviation to certify their CAA RPAS wings certificates, it was...
Interpine Becomes a ESRI Partner
Excited to announce Interpine is now part of the #Esri Partner Network. This strengths our support for our clients across our #GIS services.
Mapping Invasive Aquatic Weed with Drones / UAV and Near Infrared
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...
Exploring the Benefits of UAV Multispectral Imagery of the Forest
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...
Completing Thinning Silvicultural Inventory Using Drones / UAV
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 and...
Making a Difference in Rural Fire Fighting with UAV / 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 sensor UAV...
Providing Foresters an Eye in the Sky a.k.a Camera on a Pole
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...
Using Drone / UAV Thermal Imagery for Vegetation Fire Fighting
Using Thermal Imagery from UAV / Drones, as a means for Fire Monitoring, Fire Attack Planning & Hotspot Detection. An example video is shown taken during a controlled burn operations which was planned to show the effects of terrain & fuel types having the...
Enabling Full Motion Video Mapping with Drones / UAVs
Interpine are enabling #UAV / #Drones with full motion video mapping capability. Here is an example of marking out #forest harvest boundaries with an eye in the sky, no need to fly to the location to map it, just map with an oblique perspective. Pilots can simply...