SimActive’s Philippe Simard on Mapping with Aerial Beállítások

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Canada’s SimActive is a relative newcomer to the drone industry. They aren’t new to aerial mapping, however: the company was founded in 2003 by brothers Philippe and Louis Simard to assist the Canadian army in mapping the entire country of Afghanistan to aid U.S. Troops. Their goal at the time was to make mapping from satellite data easier to use and faster, so that military personnel could get the data they needed more easily. And while the companies customer base has expanded well beyond the military to include commercial mapping firms and other major commercial customers, the goal remains the same: to make precise and accurate maps, quickly and easily.

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The biggest mapping firms haven’t all been quick to adopt drone programs. “If its not the drones, it’s the data – then the mapping industry works both ways,” says Simard. “The guys with planes were reluctant to go into drones: but some drone companies have gone into large format cameras. They’re meeting in the middle.”