David

David Barton is a Remote Sensing SME and Director of Innovation & Remote Sensing at a national civil engineering firm. Through his brand That Drone Guy, he shares real-world insights from the field — from flying drone LiDAR over 2,000-acre solar farms to building streetview-style asset inventories. All work is performed through his licensed employer.

Pix4Dmapper Certified

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I use Pix4Dmapper on a daily basis for surveying and mapping applications. I have a little more than three years of experience using it. Given it is such an important part of my career I figured I would become certified.

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Reach RS: Upgrading LoRa Antenna

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Why use a LoRa Antenna Our testing of the Emlid Reach RS GNSS real-time kinematic (RTK) units continues.  The units deliver impressive results.  We find the units to be very accurate at a fraction of the cost of comparable or Survey grade RTK units.  When using two Reach RS units in the field you will need to … Read more

Reach RS with SNIP NTRIP Caster

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Setting up SNIP NTRIP Caster and Reach RS I’ve seen a number of people at the Emlid forums asking about setting up NTRIP and how to utilize an NTRIP Caster with Reach and Reach RS.  Setting up your own NTRIP Caster using Reach RS is not that difficult, however you do need to make sure have the … Read more

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Reach RS Accuracy Testing underway

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How accurate is the Reach RS RTK GNSS Receiver? I have been working on getting a good understanding of how to configure and use Reach RS for the past month working to a goal of comparing the Reach RS units vs L1 and L2 survey equipment from Trimble and other manufactures. Ultimately I want to answer that … Read more