Skytec Blog
Taking Data Security Above and Beyond
Everywhere we turn these days, it seems like “data breach” or “compromised data” pops up in the news and in everyday conversation. For good reason, too. As technology has become ubiquitous and part of nearly every facet of our lives, more information and data is out there and easily accessible.
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LiDAR & Skytec — Revolutionizing the View for Professional Land Surveyors
When it’s summer in the south and you’re trying to accurately capture and survey land, you inevitably run into some challenges. After all, summer brings lush, green beauty — and along with that beauty, more difficulty seeing from the air to the ground.
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The early technology adopter gets the ROI
By Bill Rogers, Co-Founder and CEO Disruption has become the norm in business, in the environment, in politics, in… almost everything. As creatures of habit, humans don’t always adapt to such dramatic changes so quickly. This has never been so evident than in today’s technology landscape.
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Platinum Anniversary: Skytec & ARGUS 1 Year Later
In the Spring of 2018, Skytec became the world’s first Drone as a Service (DaaS) provider to complete an ARGUS Unmanned Audit. This resulted in a Platinum Rating, the highest ARGUS rating an organization operating unmanned aircraft can achieve.
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Banded Vision - Viewing the Environment through Multispectral Data - NIR
Electro-magnetic (EM) radiation wavelengths between 750 nm to 1,500 nm are considered near-infrared radiation (NIR). Cameras and sensors can detect and record information in this “band” of the EM spectrum. EM radiation in this spectrum is being reflected from the Earth’s surface along with visible RGB light.
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UAS vs Drone? It’s More Than Mere Semantics.
The word drone is used a lot these days. While it’s a buzzword now, its popularization began as far back as 1946, when Popular Science Magazine ran an article about the potential such crafts had for personal and military use.
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Safety Is Our First Priority on Every Job
As a leader in unmanned aerial systems, remote sensing, and geographic information systems technologies, we are committed to the safety of our clients, our teams, and the general public. Each project we take on poses different safety concerns for those involved, and we take every step to ensure the highest level of safety in every project.
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Skytec Reveals New Tagline
Skytec is a drone company — the proper phrase is “unmanned aerial systems” or “UAS” — that, well, doesn’t deal with your average drones. These aren’t your wedding photographer drone operators. The team at Skytec manages one of the most sophisticated fleets of drones in the country, completing jobs that are not for the faint of heart.
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Hybrid or Electric UAS?
Insights from Skytec's Frigid Michigan Adventure
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