Using drone 3D models to track team members during live missions

One-click reality capture platform SkyeBrowse has launched a new situational awareness tool that allows for real-time tracking of team members within a drone 3D model. In other words, you create a 2D or 3D model of an area in less than five minutes using a single drone video, and participating members can plot their GPS coordinates onto that model in real time.

SkyeBrowse’s new offering, TacBrowse, is a public safety tool that aims to give tactical teams live, actionable intelligence during missions. It builds upon the company’s proprietary technology which uses videogrammetry to create instant 3D models from drone videos.

Here’s how TacBrowse works…

First, an officer flies a SkyeBrowse or WideBrowse mission with a DJI or Autel drone to create a 3D model with the SkyeBrowse app. Then, an incident commander uploads the model of the incident scene to the TacBrowse web application. And finally, the ground team signs into the TacBrowse mobile app to…