The LiDAR Ban and Your Mini: What Docket 26-189 Would Do
One sensor decides whether your aircraft is caught. The Mini 4 Pro does not carry it. The Mini 5 Pro is built around it.
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Notes from
the field.
Practical knowledge and creative perspective from the people behind the controls.
Cutting a Ninety Second Reel From Three Hours of Aerial Footage
The hard part is not finding good shots. It is throwing away good shots that do not belong.
Read story ↗Solar Farms and Utility Scale Sites: Inspection From the Air
A failed string looks identical to a working one from the access road. From four hundred feet with a thermal camera it is obvious.
Read story ↗Drone in a Box: Automated Flights Over a Fixed Site
When the value is the interval rather than the artistry, a docked aircraft flying the same route beats a crew every time.
Read story ↗Insurance, Waivers, and Safety Plans: What a Professional Crew Brings
The paperwork is not bureaucracy. It is the difference between an incident and a catastrophe for whoever hired you.
Read story ↗Gaussian Splatting for Property Walkthroughs, and When Not to Use It
It looks extraordinary and it measures nothing. Both halves of that sentence matter.
Read story ↗Vertical Video From a 16:9 Shoot: Reframing Aerials for Social
A wide aerial shot loses most of its meaning when you crop it to a phone. Unless you planned for it before takeoff.
Read story ↗Cell Towers and Rooftop Equipment: Close Quarters Inspection Work
The value here is not the picture. It is that nobody had to climb to take it.
Read story ↗The Covered List Decision: What Changed for Drone Buyers Overnight
A year long deadline expired, a determination landed the day before, and the drone market changed in forty eight hours.
Read story ↗Denoise, Stabilize, Sharpen: Rescuing Imperfect Aerial Clips
Most clip rescues fail because the fixes were applied in the wrong order.
Read story ↗Building a Custom LUT for D-Log Aerial Footage
The LUT that ships with the camera is a guess about your footage. Ten minutes of work replaces it with something that fits.
Read story ↗Videogrammetry: A 3D Site Model From a Five Minute Orbit
A planned photo grid takes forty minutes. A handheld orbit takes five. The software no longer cares which one you flew.
Read story ↗Part 108 in Draft: What Beyond Visual Line of Sight Would Change
The rule the industry has waited a decade for is finally written down. It is a proposal, and it is worth reading properly.
Read story ↗Georgia HB 58 Takes Effect: No Drones Over Ticketed Events
A new state law, effective this month, puts a 400 foot bubble around every gated event in Georgia.
Read story ↗Privacy, Trespass, and Georgia Law: What You Can Legally Film
The FAA controls the airspace. It does not control whether you can point a camera at a back garden.
Read story ↗RTK and PPK: Survey Grade Accuracy From the Air
Standard satellite positioning puts your model in roughly the right county. These two techniques put it in the right place.
Read story ↗How an Aerial Unit Fits Into a Georgia Film Production Day
Aerial work on a set is ninety percent waiting and coordination. The flying is the easy part.
Read story ↗Golden Hour, Blue Hour, and the Twenty Minutes That Make the Shot
The most expensive drone in the world at noon loses to a modest one twenty minutes before sunset.
Read story ↗Shooting Atlanta After Dark: What Night Flights Actually Require
The waiver went away in 2021. The lighting requirement, the training, and the reasons night flying is harder did not.
Read story ↗LiDAR or Photogrammetry: Which One Your Project Actually Needs
One measures the world. The other photographs it. Most projects only need one, and it is usually not the expensive one.
Read story ↗Mystery Drones and Public Nerves: What the Sightings Mean for Working Pilots
Thousands of reports, a handful of confirmed incursions, and a public that now looks up at every aircraft with suspicion.
Read story ↗Thermal From the Air: Heat Loss and Wet Insulation Before Winter
Wet insulation holds heat longer than dry insulation. Fly at the right hour and the roof draws you a map of its own failures.
Read story ↗After Helene: Aerial Damage Documentation Across Georgia
The window for useful documentation closes the moment cleanup begins. Here is what to capture before it does.
Read story ↗Drone Video for Real Estate: What Sells, and What Just Looks Nice
Buyers use aerial footage to answer questions, not to be impressed. Shoot the answers and the listing works harder.
Read story ↗LAANC in Atlanta: Getting Authorization Around Hartsfield-Jackson
Most of Atlanta sits under controlled airspace. Here is how permission actually gets granted, and when it does not.
Read story ↗Georgia Heat: Batteries, Density Altitude, and Summer Shoot Planning
A July afternoon in Atlanta takes a bite out of your flight time and your lift, and neither is on any spec sheet.
Read story ↗Monthly Progress Photos: A Site Archive That Holds Up in a Dispute
The value of a progress archive is not the pictures. It is that they were taken from the same spot every month.
Read story ↗The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 and the Road to BVLOS
Congress just told the FAA to write the rule the drone industry has been asking for since 2016. Here is what that actually means.
Read story ↗Roof Inspections by Drone Before Georgia Storm Season
The cheapest roof documentation you will ever buy is the set taken before the storm, not after it.
Read story ↗Remote ID Enforcement Has Started. Here Is What Changed
The grace period is over. Here is what your drone is now telling anyone standing nearby with a phone.
Read story ↗No Flying Over the Big Game: How Stadium TFRs Work
Three nautical miles, three thousand feet, one hour either side of the game. The most misunderstood restriction in the rulebook.
Read story ↗Five Questions That Separate a Drone Pro From a Hobbyist
You do not need to understand aviation law to hire well. You need five questions and the confidence to wait for the answers.
Read story ↗Flying Over People: Category 1 Through 4, Explained
The rule that decides whether a drone can legally be above a crowd is not about the pilot. It is about the aircraft.
Read story ↗What Aerial Photography Costs in Atlanta, and What Moves the Price
Nobody publishes real numbers, so here are the four things that actually decide what an aerial shoot costs.
Read story ↗ND Filters and Shutter Angle in Bright Georgia Light
Midday footage that looks stuttery is almost never the drone. It is the shutter, and a piece of dark glass fixes it.
Read story ↗Remote ID Just Got Pushed to March 2024
The FAA gave operators six more months to equip. The requirement itself did not change, and neither did what it asks of a commercial crew.
Read story ↗Advanced Color Gradings Techniques
In the realm of visual storytelling, color holds a remarkable power. It has the ability to evoke emotions, set moods, and transport audiences into ent
Read story ↗Waypoints And Creating Them With Litchi
In the dynamic realm of construction projects, capturing the intricate evolution of a site over time is both an art and a necessity. Time-lapse videos
Read story ↗Drones And Utility Inspections
At American Drone Industries, we are pioneering the use of drone technology for crucial infrastructure inspections. Using drones for utility inspectio
Read story ↗The Importance of the AirData App
Drones have soared in popularity over the past few years, finding applications in diverse fields such as photography, videography, and delivery servic
Read story ↗Live Streaming for Live Broadcast Using Gopro Hero 11
American Drone Industries, in collaboration with LTN Global, successfully live-streamed the Publix marathon using GoPro Hero 11s and LTN’s state
Read story ↗Understanding Battery Deviations When Using Airdata
Drones are becoming increasingly popular for a wide range of applications, from aerial photography and surveying to search and rescue operations. As d
Read story ↗Safely Flying Drones Near Buildings
Drones have opened up new perspectives and creative possibilities for aerial photography and videography, particularly in urban environments where bui
Read story ↗Color Grading With Adobe Premiere Pro
Color grading is the process of adjusting the colors of a video to create a specific look or feel. Adobe Premiere Pro is a popular video editing softw
Read story ↗What Is ProRes Compression
Drones have become an essential tool for the movie industry, and American Drone Industries is at the forefront of this technological revolution. Our d
Read story ↗Companies Creating Their Own Media Repositories
The importance of having professional quality photography and videography for a company cannot be overstated. With the rise of social media and the in
Read story ↗Maintaining Professional Drones
DRONE MAINTENANCE Drones have become an indispensable tool for a wide range of applications, from aerial photography to surveying and search and rescu
Read story ↗GCP, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, AND 3D MODELING
Photogrammetry is the process of creating a 2D or 3D model of an object or landscape by capturing multiple images of it. Ground control points (GCPs)
Read story ↗Major Movie and Production Studio Experience
American Drone Industries (ADI) is a leading provider of aerial footage for the movie industry. We are one of the few Atlanta-based drone companies th
Read story ↗Construction projects and Drones
Drones have become an increasingly valuable tool for construction projects in recent years, providing a unique perspective on the work as it progresse
Read story ↗Corporate Media Repositories
Drones have revolutionized the way corporations create media repositories. With the ability to capture stunning aerial footage and photographs, drones
Read story ↗Quick Trick to Mastering Your drones Camera
An effective method for learning how to take great photos with your drone is counterintuitive and simple: it involves not flying your drone. American
Read story ↗The Benefits Of Monitoring Construction Sites With Drones
American Drone Industries are revolutionizing the construction industry by using drones to provide clients with real-time updates and live footage of
Read story ↗Creating VR Content With Drones
As the technology for virtual reality (VR) continues to evolve, the use of drones equipped with 360-degree cameras is becoming increasingly popular fo
Read story ↗Ferrel Pig, Hog Hunting With Drones
Drones are revolutionizing the way we hunt wild hogs in Georgia. Wild hogs, also known as feral pigs, have been causing damage to crops and property f
Read story ↗Conquering the Elements: Flying the Mavic Series Drones in Bad Weather
Drones have opened up a world of possibilities for aerial photography and videography enthusiasts, professionals, and hobbyists alike. However, one ch
Read story ↗Post-Production and American Drone Industries
WHAT IS POST PRODUCTION The world of video production is a journey, with post-production being the final, transformative stage where raw footage becom
Read story ↗3D Modeling and Drones
3D modeling using drones is an innovative technology that allows for the creation of detailed, accurate 3D models of buildings, landscapes, and other
Read story ↗Aerial Timelapse Experts
Time-lapse has the power to compress hours, days, or even months of activity into just a few seconds of mesmerizing footage. When you take that captiv
Read story ↗Adobe Premiere vs. Final Cut
In the world of professional video editing, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro have long reigned supreme. These two software giants are the go-to ch
Read story ↗Drones For The Law Industry and Legal Evidence.
Drones For Legal Cases: In recent years, drones have become indispensable tools across various domains, with their utility expanding at a rapid pace.
Read story ↗Architecture Photography And Drones
Drones have revolutionized the field of architecture photography, providing new and unique perspectives that were previously impossible to capture. Wi
Read story ↗Photogrammetry and Drones
For those acquainted with the world of drones, the impact they’ve made in the field of photogrammetry is nothing short of revolutionary. Photogr
Read story ↗American Drone Industries: The Premier Choice for Special Event Filming
Setting the Standard for Exceptional Event Filming with Drones At American Drone Industries, our unwavering commitment to excellence has firmly establ
Read story ↗Drones and Videography
Drones and videography have become an increasingly popular combination in recent years. With the development of more advanced and affordable drones, i
Read story ↗Drones, Stitching Photos, and Photogrammetry
In the realm of aerial technology, drones have emerged as a revolutionary force, transforming the way we capture images and videos of expansive land a
Read story ↗American Drone Industries AND Construction Companies
In recent years, drones have emerged as a game-changing tool in the construction industry, reshaping the landscape by bolstering efficiency, safety, a
Read story ↗American Drone Industries and Live Streaming Sporting Events
Drones have become a game-changer in the world of live event streaming. The ability to capture aerial footage adds a new dimension to the viewing expe
Read story ↗The Benefits of Personalized Drone Training
Drones have become an essential tool in a variety of industries, from agriculture to construction to filmmaking. As the demand for drone pilots contin
Read story ↗How Corporations Are Using Drones
In recent years, drones have surged in popularity, offering a plethora of versatile applications, including within the corporate realm. This blog post
Read story ↗Unlocking the Potential of Drones in Land Area Capture
In recent years, drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have become indispensable for capturing expansive land areas through aerial ph
Read story ↗What Are Cinewhoop Drones
Cinewhoops, also known as cinematic whoops, are a type of mini quadcopter drone specifically designed for capturing smooth and stable aerial footage.
Read story ↗Revolutionizing Aerial Operations with Waypoints
American Drone Industries stands as a pioneering force in reshaping corporate and construction aerial operations through the innovative implementation
Read story ↗Drones And The Construction Industry
Drones have become increasingly popular in the construction industry in recent years. These high-tech tools offer a wide range of benefits, including
Read story ↗Aerial Photography
Aerial photography stands as a transformative tool that provides us with breathtaking vistas of our world from an entirely novel vantage point. Thanks
Read story ↗Drone Footage For The Film Industry
The Game-Changing Impact of Drones in the Movie Industry Drones have revolutionized the film industry, providing filmmakers with unprecedented levels
Read story ↗American drone industries and the movie business in the south
Our drones have been used to capture breathtaking aerial shots, providing an entirely new perspective for movie-goers.
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