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More Help from Drones02-18-16 | News
More Help from Drones
Transmit Imagery to Popular Construction Management System in Real Time


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Users of Procure construction management software can now take advantage of a small cellular device that can be connected to a drone and provide real-time imagery to land-based systems.


The value of drones lending assistance in the construction industry continues to progress as evidenced by the recent announcement by Botlink, a cloud-based operations platform that allows real-time delivery of data from drones, that their technology now interfaces with Procure, a widely used construction management platform.
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According to the company, "this the first partnership of its kind and the first time construction managers and other personnel in multiple locations can access the same aerial imagery in real time, enabling them to make collaborative and time-sensitive decisions easily and safely."

Users of the software now have the ability to incorporate drone workflows directly into this particular construction management software by automatically uploading images taken by drones flying at worksites.

This will reportedly allow construction managers to remotely oversee the progress of projects, document the evolution of job sites, ensure OSHA compliance, monitor equipment and anything else that can be viewed from the air. Data begins flowing into the system before the typical, according to the company, 10-minute flight is over. All project stakeholders with software access, will be able to view the same aerial imagery instantly.

Users connect a small cellular device to their compatible drone and then use the provided app for mission planning, automated flight control, safety advisories and real-time data delivery. Advisories are displayed on a geo-referenced map and show the exact location of the user's aircraft in relation to restricted airspace, nearby manned aircraft and incoming weather.

While in flight, the device triggers the drone's camera and captures hundreds of high-resolution images that are stitched together using geo-referenced position data and discrete features within each image. The result is a single, high-resolution orthomosaic image that can be manipulated and analyzed as needed. This process was previously only available through expensive airplane and helicopter flights or by using low-resolution satellite images that can be more than a week old, due to weather and other limiting factors.







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