The Fox Volant Blog
Welcome to the Fox Volant blog. Here you’ll find updates on what we’re up to, as well information about the tools, technologies and techniques we use to do our work.
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Improving GPS accuracy with RTK
Most of us use GPS regularly, even if we are not all aware that we are doing so. But should we be concerned about its accuracy? In this post we consider when and how to go about improving GPS accuracy. Some Terminology Global Positioning System or GPS - a...
Fox Volant are now on Drone Safe Register
We are delighted to now be Gold Certified members of Drone Safe Register – the UK’s trusted network of trained, safe & insured professional drone pilots. Who are Drone Safe Register? Drone Safe Register (DSR) began in 2015, when owner and drone enthusiast, Mark...
I wandered lonely as a Point Cloud
In this post, we explain what point clouds are and why they're becoming an increasingly important part of day to day life across a multitude of industries. What are Point Clouds? Put simply, a point cloud is a collection of data points in a three-dimensional space....
What is an Orthomosaic?
We use the term orthomosaic on our website and in our posts, but what does it actually mean? In this post, we'll try to explain in simple terms what an orthomosaic is, how we create them and what makes them so useful. Why is an orthomosaic different from an aerial...
RTK corrections with the Emlid Reach RS2+
Our latest purchase arrived earlier this week, an Emlid Reach RS2+, bought from Heliguy here in the UK, which we will be using as our new RTK GNSS base station out in the field. RTK stands for Real Time Kinematics. It is one mechanism available for increasing the...