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Male


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Toronto, ON


About Me:

Based in Toronto, Ontario, marketing director at emailtopia corp.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Formerly worked for Applanix, manufacturers of high-end GNSS-inertial systems with drone applications. Now primarily for personal and hobby interest.


Hometown:

Toronto


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Doug Long commented on Rui Costa's blog post Applanix Offers Single-Board GNSS-Inertial System for UAV Mapping
"@Hugues - not really, no - although of course results will depend on the quality of the imaging sensor deployed. If not using a survey-grade camera that sends its own MEP, it would be necessary to characterize the delays between the trigger signal…"
Oct 10, 2014
Doug Long commented on Rui Costa's blog post Applanix Offers Single-Board GNSS-Inertial System for UAV Mapping
"@Hugues and @Martin - Yes. APX-15 has an event input to log camera trigger events etc with very high accuracy. Dependent on the camera deployed, this will either be a mid-exposure pulse, or can use the trigger pulse from an autopilot. This provides…"
Oct 10, 2014
Doug Long commented on Rui Costa's blog post Applanix Offers Single-Board GNSS-Inertial System for UAV Mapping
"@Stephen - I'm not hugely technical, but my understanding is that there are two options: with a base station you can get real-time RTK accuracies to a few centimeters. For post-processing, APX-15 has an internal logging system that logs inertial…"
Oct 10, 2014
Doug Long commented on Rui Costa's blog post Applanix Offers Single-Board GNSS-Inertial System for UAV Mapping
"@Thomas the Nerd - I think you have the idea. It's a tool for very precise direct georeferencing of aerial imagery (accurate to an inch or so) or lidar point clouds, using Applanix' proprietary technology both for calibrating the inertial sensors…"
Oct 9, 2014