November 2025

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DSM vs DTM vs DEM: Differences Explained with Examples

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Understanding the difference between DSM (Digital Surface Model), DTM (Digital Terrain Model), and DEM (Digital Elevation Model) is essential for anyone working in drone mapping, surveying, GIS, construction monitoring, or environmental modelling. Although these terms sound similar, each represents a different type of elevation data and serves a specific purpose. In this guide, we break […]

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What Is Drone Mapping? A Beginner’s Guide for Businesses

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Drone mapping has become one of the most powerful tools for modern businesses. From construction and farming to mining and urban planning, drones now deliver accurate maps, measurements, and insights in a fraction of the time compared to traditional surveying. If you’re new to this technology, here’s a simple guide to understand what drone mapping

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How Orthomosaics Are Generated: Step-by-Step Guide

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Orthomosaics are one of the most valuable outputs in drone mapping, providing highly accurate, distortion-free aerial images used in surveying, agriculture, construction, disaster assessment, mining, and more. But how exactly are orthomosaics created? In this post, we break down the step-by-step process—from flying the drone to generating a map-ready orthomosaic. 1. Flight Planning The process

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Why Building Your Own Custom Drone Mapping Software Can Be More Cost-Efficient Than Using DroneDeploy or Pix4D

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Drone mapping has become essential across industries—from agriculture and mining to construction, utilities, and defense. Most companies start with commercial SaaS platforms like DroneDeploy or Pix4D, which offer powerful features but also come with recurring subscription costs, usage limitations, and restricted customization. As organizations grow, these limitations often become expensive bottlenecks. This is where building

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Point Cloud Visualization: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to View It Using Potree, CloudCompare & More

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Point clouds have become a core data format in today’s geospatial, surveying, mapping, and 3D reconstruction workflows. Whether the data comes from drones, LiDAR sensors, photogrammetry, or laser scanners, point cloud visualization is essential for inspection, analysis, measurements, and 3D understanding. In this article, we break down what point clouds are, why visualization matters, and

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Using ONNX/TensorRT for Faster Inspection AI Models (Cracks, Corrosion, Oil Spills)

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Introduction Industries such as construction, oil & gas, maritime, aerospace, and infrastructure maintenance increasingly rely on AI-based inspection. However, traditional deep-learning models can be slow when deployed on edge devices like drones, embedded systems, or industrial PCs. As datasets grow and inspection demands increase, the need for faster inference becomes critical. This is where ONNX

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Drone Mapping: Revolutionizing the Way We See the World

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In today’s digital era, drone mapping has transformed how we capture, visualize, and analyze our surroundings. By combining drones with advanced mapping and visualization technologies, organizations can generate high-resolution maps, 3D models, and spatial datasets faster and more affordably than ever before. What is Drone Mapping? Drone mapping is the process of using unmanned aerial

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How to Find Routes Between Locations Using ArcGIS Map SDK in Qt

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Routing between two or more locations is a fundamental GIS functionality widely used in logistics, transportation, fleet management, and navigation applications. Using the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Qt, developers can integrate routing capabilities directly into their applications, providing real-time navigation with optional traffic-aware routing. In this blog post, we will walk you through a working

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Editing Shapefile Features Using ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt

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Shapefiles are one of the most common formats used for storing vector GIS data such as points, lines, and polygons. When building a desktop GIS application using Qt, developers often need to load shapefiles, visualize them, and allow interactive editing of their features directly on the map. In this article, we’ll explore how to edit

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How Manya Technologies’ GIS Expertise Empowers Drone Manufacturers

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The drone industry is evolving rapidly — from defense surveillance and precision agriculture to mapping, logistics, and infrastructure inspection. To unlock the full potential of UAVs, drone manufacturers increasingly rely on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for mission planning, data visualization, and situational awareness. At Manya Technologies, we combine our deep expertise in GIS, Qt, QGIS,

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