Commoditization of Web mapping tools compels Autodesk to release the source codes of its once-proprietary MapGuide software.

The new initiative will use the APM/ArduPilot UAV software platform hosted by 3D Robotics -- the company led by Chris Anderson, who first proposed the idea.

Perhaps someday in the not too distant future we might see autonomous trash collection drones powered by open source AI cleaning our urban and natural landscapes, picking up after us to restore ...

SPH Engineering has released a lidar toolset update to UgCS — the company's UAV mission planning and flight control software. The lidar toolset is designed to ...

Researchers at the University of Granada have combined UAVs, SLR cameras and open source software to scan historic monuments and construct 3D computer models.

Mapping software such as PIX4D is currently in use by leading investigation teams world-wide and is quickly becoming a default for precision documentation of scenes.