Status Update

...and it looks like we're working again. Anything that's been uploaded previously will be processed later this afternoon. Email notifications have been resumed, too, so you should get an email again to tell you that processing is complete. Send me an email (at the usual address) if you have any questions or queries.

Status Update

Unfortunately, DroneLab is experiencing some problems at the minute, primarily with regards to the login and the admin system.

We're working on getting things up and running again, but at the moment we don't have a timeline for getting things back to normal again.

Certain core components of the site are getting near their end of life and the site could really do with being rebuilt from the ground up again using more appropriate technology. This will obviously require some more investment, which is difficult to find in the current climate.

We will update all existing subscribers shortly with more information.

In the meantime, the viewer and storage parts of the site are still working, so any datasets that have already been processed are still be available to view.

It's 2022 now, and I haven't posted anything for a very long time!

 Here's another test post, just showing how it's possible to embed an orthomosaic in a blog post. 

...and here's another one, testing if it's still working now that it's 2024.

Another interesting week on DroneLab

Just a quick post to highlight the range of datasets that people have been uploading to the platform this week. It's not just drones that generate very large image files! 

First, this old aerial photo from Dunkirk was shared on Facebook earlier in the week. The dataset has been created from a series of images obtained from the IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière) 

 In this project, images were obtained from an aerial campaign carried out in 1949 on the city of Dunkirk, in northern France (171 shots), which allowed the creation of an area covering 4900 hectares at a resolution of 11 cm. 

 "A delicate and imperfect exercise (in) some areas but the result remains very satisfying for applications of cadastre or archaeology". 

  

Here's a link to the original article which contains a link to the project on the DroneLab website...

https://www.dronesimaging.com/realisation-dune-orthophoto-de-la-ville-de-dunkerque-a-partir-danciennes-images-argentiques-captees-en-1949/

Demonstration of embed code to show how an interactive map can be displayed as part of a webpage on another site.



Map data collected by UK Drone Surveys using a Small Unmanned Aerial System from Quest UAV.

National Churches Trust

Drone Photography

So, this afternoon I've mainly been messing around with drone photography, but not in the usual sense. This is actual photography, of physical drones. This has been quite interesting. Here's a test image, which was just something that has been sat on my desk, but this should give you the general idea...