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Photogrammetry, LIDAR, Autonomous Development, scanning


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Centerport


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Marcus commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post A new chapter in ArduPilot development
"Are the article you linked to @Cala is discussing 3.3.3 vs 3.3.4 for ardupilot. Whereas arduplane is at 3.5 now. Maybe I'm missing something but it seems as if arducopter development is somewhat stalled. Maybe we can as a a community raise some…"
May 9, 2016
Marcus commented on Eduardo Romero's blog post GoPro KARMA drone, Is it a game changer?
"GoPro has stated publicly that "drones are the ultimate GoPro accessory". That sort of ego, coupled with the fact that GoPro has basically done zero, to make the camera useful for anything other than a video selfie points towards missing the bigger…"
Mar 10, 2016
Marcus replied to Chickendog's discussion Turnigy HAL Quad Build
"Did you look at the RX controller? That is likely where you would reverse the inverted behaviors. Depending on which radio you're using it may be in multiple places."
Mar 8, 2016
Marcus commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Autodesk and 3DR team up to launch SiteScan, automated drone "reality capture"
"@Chris Anderson
That is great information. Is SiteScan locked into using reCap, or is it something that can be used to collect data and inject into the images and then use those images in Agisoft etc with GCP's and the restof the work flow?"
Mar 7, 2016
Marcus commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Autodesk and 3DR team up to launch SiteScan, automated drone "reality capture"
"This is a great start, but the sad reality of this is that reCap pro by Autodesk returned horrible results especially at the price/cloud services they want for it. The results in the image are decent enough looking until you see the rail road tracks…"
Mar 7, 2016
Marcus replied to Christopher Rice's discussion SwiftNav Piksi Intergration with Pixhawk - Success
"I have used both of the units. I would not have purchased the EMLID Reach units if I had more success with the PIKSI units.   The interface and experience has been simpler and with better results on the REACH.   I have not picked up the PIKSI in a…"
Mar 1, 2016