Candrone

05/27/2026

Thermal drones are becoming a critical tool for law enforcement operations across the country.

We put together a breakdown with Sam, our Solutions Specialist at Candrone. He shows how thermal drones are used in practice to support teams on the ground and increase situational awareness during a search.

Read this article to see how drones are replacing helicopters in Law Enforcement.

https://hubs.li/Q04cBSb-0

05/25/2026

The best views look as good on screen as they did in person!

At 39 g (lighter than the granola bar in your pack) the GO 3S clips to your collar and shoots stabilized 4K completely hands-free, responding to your voice so your hands stay free to explore.

Ultra-wide MegaView lens, built-in waterproofing, magnetic mounting for every angle you want
to capture.

The Insta360 Summer Sale is live and you can save up to $165 right now.

Insta360

05/22/2026

This week: the Antigravity A1 with the team at Insta360

The A1 is built for speed - designed for operators who need eyes up fast. Rapid response. Industrial inspections. Situations where a few extra seconds of awareness change the outcome.

We put it through real-world conditions to test stability, image clarity, and the messy stuff teams actually run into out in the field.

Before any client gets a recommendation from us, this is the work behind it.

👉 Where would your team put fast aerial visuals to work? Drop it in the comments. 🔗 Demo link in bio.

05/22/2026

Every travel reel right now looks identical: shaky handheld clips, the same drone shot, someone pointing a phone at a sunset.

The X5 gives you angles that are actually hard to get any other way: 8K 360° capture, an invisible selfie stick, AI reframing, and waterproofing down to 15m. The kind of footage that stops someone mid-scroll because it doesn't look like everything else.

Up to $165 off through May 26. Stock is limited on bundles.

Shop Link: https://bit.ly/4wv6BpA


Insta360

05/20/2026

Dad’s usually the one filming everyone else. This year, give him a camera that finally puts him in the moment too.

Fishing trips, bike rides, camping weekends, or chasing kids through the backyard, the Insta360 GO 3S captures stabilized 4K footage completely hands-free,

Small enough to wear, fast enough to keep up, easy enough to bring everywhere.

Save up to $165 during the Insta360 Summer Sale, limited stock available.

Insta360

05/13/2026

Every piece of kit on the tailgate has a reason to be there.

This is the equipment loadout for a LiDAR training flight with a local municipality. The DJI Matrice 400 and Zenmuse L3 configured for change detection and flood-mapping of active municipal infrastructure.

Candrone is supporting the City's team through both the workflow demonstration and the data processing on this project.

Take a closer look at the Zenmuse L3: https://hubs.li/Q04cNXJl0

05/12/2026

Tree segmentation from drone LiDAR data allows teams to isolate every tree in a survey area and analyze it on its own terms. Through high-fidelity LiDAR pointcloud reconstruction of forest canopies and the terrain below, we can ensure accurate ground elevation for key measurements.

This workflow enables the extraction of canopy height, crown diameter, and comprehensive tree statistics at scale providing data accurate enough to run sophisticated statistical models.

That is a level of insight ground surveys simply cannot produce at any reasonable speed or scale.

Contact our team to learn how Candrone is helping forestry teams get more from every mission.
https://bit.ly/4dpaljL

05/06/2026

The drone is only as good as the person flying it.

Most teams invest heavily in hardware. Far fewer invest in making sure their operators actually know what to do with it.

That gap shows up in the field - in missed data, failed deliverables, and costly re-flights.

Candrone Academy exists to close it.

We train operators across two areas where competence directly impacts outcomes:

Drone piloting & certification: From Transport Canada RPAS certification to advanced flight training for complex, high-risk environments.

LiDAR & data workflows: Hands-on instruction in data collection, processing, and interpretation. So, your team doesn't just capture data - they understand it.

The goal isn't to check a box. It's to build operators who know what they're doing and why - and teams that can handle any mission with confidence.

What’s the biggest gap you see in your team’s training right now?

Explore our full training programs: https://hubs.li/Q04cBSzJ0

04/29/2026

Planning infrastructure on your land requires knowing your land.

Powerlines, access routes, and ground based projects all depend on accurate terrain data before work begins. Ground crews can only cover so much, and remote or densely vegetated terrain makes that even harder.

Drone mapping fills that gap. LiDAR and photogrammetry produce detailed elevation models, surface data, and contour mapping that planners and engineers can build from with confidence.

Better data on the front end means better decisions on the ground.

Send us a message to learn how Candrone is supporting First Nations infrastructure planning programs.
https://hubs.li/Q0498cXP0

04/27/2026

Calculating stockpile volumes accurately is harder than it looks.

Standard conical piles are straightforward. The real challenge comes when stockpiles are backed against walls, structures, or other landscape features. Traditional measurement methods struggle here.

This guide walks through how to use drone LiDAR data combined with CloudCompare, a free open source software, to calculate precise stockpile volumes even in complex, non-standard environments. It covers point cloud segmentation, plane creation, slope modeling, and volume analysis from start to finish.

If your team is managing material volumes in the field, this is worth a read.

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This article highlights the use of LiDAR-driven drone data combined with the opensource software CloudCompare, a freely available software renowned for its robustness in handling point cloud data, to navigate the challenges of measuring non-standard stockpile volumes. The Challenge of Non-Conical St...

04/24/2026

This is what drone technology looks like in a real forestry research program.

Pablo Crespell Montero, a research fellow at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, BC, is using LiDAR and photogrammetry to transform how his team approaches forest inventory, wildfire risk assessment, and old growth conservation.

Manual ground surveys were slow, labour intensive, and limited in scale. Drone LiDAR changed that. His team now captures canopy structure, fuel load data, and tree statistics across terrain that would have taken weeks to cover on foot.

In one project, they used aerial LiDAR to locate and document ancient cedar and spruce in an old growth forest near Prince George. Accurate enough to find every tree and pull exact coordinates without extensive fieldwork.

Read the full story below.

Discover how the College of New Caledonia integrates drone technology into forestry education, enhancing field skills and advancing environmental data collection.