About

Gender

Male


Location

San Francisco, CA


About Me:

Host of Commercial Drones FM podcast. Commercial helicopter pilot. I also work at DroneDeploy.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Extensive sUAS experience: aerial photography, video, mapping, long range fixed-wing, multirotor, and more.


Hometown:

Houston


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Ian Smith posted a discussion
Hi all, I just released a podcast on Commercial Drones FM that's fairly relevant to this group. I interviewed 3D Robotics VP of Product, Daniel McKinnon. We chat about his journey from starting as a hobby drone enthusiast, to where he is now. We…
May 18, 2017
Ian Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Sony/3DR announce new Enterprise camera for Solo
"Am I missing something here? Does this camera have LTE or WiFi onboard?"
Mar 7, 2016
Ian Smith posted a discussion
Hey all, I just started an independent #slack group focused on having great conversations around commercial drones and really trying to leverage sharing information globally.This is a prime place to be if you already work in slack daily.If you want…
Feb 11, 2016
Ian Smith commented on Andrew Schroeder's blog post UAViators Information for Response to Hurricane Patricia (Mexico)
"@Andrew Murphy: I think UAViators would be much more likely to have that contact. DroneDeploy does not."
Oct 24, 2015
Ian Smith commented on Andrew Schroeder's blog post UAViators Information for Response to Hurricane Patricia (Mexico)
"Hello all, if anyone's got any aerial mapping data (geotagged JPEG imagery w/ proper overlap) they need to process from the hurricane aftermath, use DroneDeploy and we'll process it fast and for free.
You just need to sign up for a free account and…"
Oct 23, 2015
Ian Smith posted a discussion
Hey all,We just posted a new, interactive case study on our blog, Aerial Acuity.If you're interested, give it a gander and let us know what you think.Regards,Ian from DroneDeploy
Aug 4, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"Jimmy, I really enjoyed reading your thoughts.
The amount of research I have done to get a 70% success rate is akin to a year in college. I thought HDOP is where you got pancakes.

Whether any of us like it or not, it's going to become easier and…"
Jun 4, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"Morning David,
Yes, we are actually already working quite closely with NASA-Ames as well as Verizon on accomplishing all these things. I come from a helicopter background so I may have a slightly different personal viewpoint on the N-number…"
Jun 4, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"Hey David, while I can't answer on releasing a reduced feature-set system for PixHawk, we obviously want as many different types of people as possible to use our service but it also needs to be easily accessible. We have so many different types of…"
Jun 3, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"@DavidFolts replying here as for some reason I can't reply directly to yours.
We definitely understand your point of view. Right now we are seeing how it goes but in the future we may be able to integrate a lot better if we see different types of…"
Jun 3, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"Right on. The Pixhawk is great but the integration process of our hardware was just not ideal for the average Joe which was a driving factor in the recent decision.
If you ever get your hands on a DJI product be sure to download our app and give it…"
Jun 3, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"What you're referring to is the piece of hardware (called the CoPilot) that we sold for users to add onto their drones. Unfortunately, we've recently made the decision to stop selling CoPilots directly to our clients in order to simplify the user…"
Jun 3, 2015
Ian Smith replied to Joby Dorr's discussion Any experience wwith the DroneDeploy app? in IRIS
"Hey guys, I work for DroneDeploy and think there may be some confusion on pricing so I'd like to clear that up. DroneDeploy actually starts at $99/month. We also have a 30-day free trial (no credit card required) going on right now which the timer…"
Jun 3, 2015