This past fall, we had a true Arctic adventure. As a follow up to a combined photo and LiDAR survey of 14 villages in Nunavik, Quebec, we conducted a geodetic survey to verify our airborne data. As there are very limited commercially scheduled flights between these villages,…
Airborne Sensing featured in Wings Magazine
Airborne Sensing was recently featured in Wings Magazine. Read the complete article here.
Delivery Day: Our happiest moment
We love it when we have just delivered a successful project to a client. In this case, we conducted a project in the Caribbean for a large resource concern. Specifically, we provided aerial imagery; a control survey, and digital surface models so they can easily plan future infrastructure…
Opening in Quebec City
It’s finally happened: The Airborne Sensing Corporation has arrived in la belle province of Quebec, fulfilling a dream long cherished by Alexander Giannelia. Our new office – a subsidiary of our Toronto base – is located at Jean-Lesage International Airport. More precisely, we can be…
Soirée Champlain 2015
The annual event of the Champlain section of the Canadian institute of Geomatics (CIG) was held Thursday, March 12 at the Ice Hotel in Quebec. This has been a tradition for the past 10 years for the Champlain section of the CIG, and provides an…
Airborne Sensing at the AOLS AGM
At the end of February every year, the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors gathers for their Annual General Meeting. This year, Alex and Robin went up to Huntsville, ON to rub shoulders with the top brass of the AOLS, and, of course, to refresh friendships…
Accessing Restricted Airspace
Whizzing by the restaurant deck of Toronto’s CN Tower at 120 knots in a Piper Navajo – the culmination of two months of preparation for a 15-minute project – paid off in spades. Flying this close to urban obstacles is generally not permitted under existing air regulations. Airborne Sensing…
Teamwork and Miracles
At 6:00 AM on August 12, 2014, a team of surgeons, doctors and medical practitioners converged at the Peter Munk Centre for Cardiology at Toronto General hospital to perform a complex open heart procedure which, seven hours later, resulted in me waking up with a…
Central Park Flyover
One of our camera operators at Airborne Sensing, Patrick O’Dea, was hired in 2012. A native of Ireland, Patrick’s technical skills have proven invaluable for our operations — he frequently puts on his apprentice mechanic’s hat to conduct repairs and modifications to equipment. He is…
Technological Expansion Once Again at Airborne!
For the last 33 years, we have always sought to offer our clients the most cost effective aerial survey products and services especially in the area of imaging technology. So, we were the first in Ontario to offer in-house colour printing, one of the first…