Exciting news from DroneDeploy! We’re rolling out new features and improvements in our January release to enhance your operations.
- RTK Network Expansion - Expanded coverage for DroneDeploy's RTK Network.
- In-flight RTK - Connect quickly and increase the number of available satellites by connecting to RTK in-flight.
- Multi-battery Flight for the DJI Dock - Efficiently and accurately map large areas like data centers and solar farms with multi-battery mission support for the DJI Dock.
- Autodesk Build Integration - Improved integration between DroneDeploy Ground and Autodesk Build.
- Procore Integration - Improved integration between DroneDeploy Ground and Procore.
- Interior Offline Deliverable HTML Viewer - Project stakeholders who are not DroneDeploy subscribers can now view media through an easy to access web-based viewer.
- Interior PDF Download Support for Media Groups - Links to media groups can now be viewed through the new web viewer in a PDF download.
- Automated Photo Direction - Photo direction orientation adds additional context to images uploaded in DroneDeploy Ground.
For a list of all January releases, check out the release notes.
DroneDeploy Aerial
RTK Network Expansion: Accurate Coverage in More Places
DroneDeploy’s RTK network has added over 8,000 base stations to significantly expand coverage, with up to 2 cm accuracy within 25 km and 10 cm accuracy within 100 km. Customers in remote or underserved areas can now take advantage of high accuracy RTK, making real-time positioning accessible where it wasn’t possible before.
In-Flight RTK
No more waiting on the ground for RTK to connect! With in-flight RTK, drones establish connections after takeoff, accessing more satellites for improved accuracy and reliability, even in interference-heavy environments like urban areas or quarries. This feature streamlines operations for field teams reliant on RTK corrections, reducing delays and helping projects stay on schedule.
Multi-Battery Flight for the DJI Dock
Ideal for projects like data centers and solar farms, DroneDeploy now supports multi-battery missions for the DJI Dock 1 and 2. Docked drones automatically return for battery swaps and resume operations seamlessly, with all data uploaded and stitched into a unified map. As the only platform supporting this feature, DroneDeploy empowers teams to efficiently and accurately map large areas.
DroneDeploy Ground
Autodesk Build Integration
Customers managing projects in Autodesk Construction Cloud, desire a centralized source of truth for their construction data. To assist with that need, users of both platforms are now able to import a drawing from Autodesk Build to an Interior Level in DroneDeploy Ground. Additionally, users are now able to auto-sync DroneDeploy project media to Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Procore Integration
With our updated integration, contractors managing projects in Procore will now be able to auto-export media (Photos and Panos) from the Interior tab in DroneDeploy to Procore Documents or Procore Photos.
Interior Offline Deliverable - Web Viewer
As a way to streamline collaboration for stakeholders across project teams, we have released a new offline deliverable HTML viewer that allows users to browse exported media by drawing- similar to the experience in the DroneDeploy web interface. To support easy access to specific media within the new HTML viewer, offline deliverables can now be filtered by date range upon export.
Interior PDF Download Support for Media Groups
Media groups inside of downloaded PDFs are now represented as circles that link to a table of contents per media group containing the type of media, the date it was captured and a hyperlink to the public share view. External parties without access to a DroneDeploy Ground project, like owners or subcontractors, can use the public media share links in the PDF download to view all captures from a Level.
Automated Photo Direction
For users in DroneDeploy Ground, we have automated the process of capturing and displaying photo orientation using the internal compass of mobile devices.
