by David Herries | Oct 1, 2018 | UAV's / Drones, Wildfire
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...
by David Herries | Sep 21, 2018 | Planet Satellite Imagery, UAV's / Drones, Uncategorised, Wildfire
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...
by David Herries | Sep 1, 2018 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, LiDAR, Uncategorised
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...
by David Herries | Aug 3, 2018 | Maori Forestry, UAV's / Drones
#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...
by David Herries | Aug 1, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
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. Through a process...
by David Herries | Aug 1, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
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....
by David Herries | Jun 27, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
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...
by David Herries | Jun 12, 2018 | GIS and Mapping
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...
by David Herries | May 31, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, Harvesting
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...
by David Herries | May 29, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
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...