Surveying
UAV LiDAR Takes Pole Position in Project to Model the Rodin Cars Racing Test Track
Driving along the remote Inland Kaikōura Road near Mt Lyford, the idyllic rural scenery is interrupted by the manicured grounds of a large sealed motor racing circuit. This is Wandle Downs, the home of high-performance racing car builders Rodin Cars, whose production facility and 3 stage test track sprawls over nearly 60ha of former farmland.…
Read MoreFrom the Top of Mountains to the Bottom of Rivers; How Fox and Associates is Leading an Evolution in Professional Surveying
In 1873, the HMS Challenger set out on a 3-year expedition to map the seabed of what is now known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. More than 500 plumb measurements (a plumb attached to a cable is dropped to the sea floor) were acquired to create one of the first bathymetric maps. While an extraordinary feat…
Read MoreWorking with the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society
Something we love about working at Fox and Associates is the diverse range of interests across the team, from windsurfing to drag-racing to fishing. You can imagine that the lunchroom discussions are often fascinating and wide-ranging. One of the team has a slightly unusual hobby that has great synergy with their surveying work. For over…
Read MoreEstablishing new walking routes in Canterbury
Helping to establish new public walkways in CanterburyLike many kiwis, the team at Fox & Associates are enthusiastic about the great outdoors, be it hunting, stand-up paddleboarding, tramping or simply walking. We are always keen to do work in our playground and so we are excited to be helping to establish new public access routes…
Read MoreAnd the winners are… | NZSEA Technical Excellence Awards
NZSEA Technical Excellence Award Winners 2019A highlight of 2019 was our win at the NZ Spatial Excellence Awards. We are the proud recipients of the Technical Excellence Award for aerial mapping for disease detection in potato crops. Thanks to the Fox Team, our client Resson and to the NZSEA for this phenomenal award! To learn…
Read MoreMeet Bathycat – USV Technology
Our new unmanned survey catamaran designed to complete bathymetric surveys From air to land and now water! As specialists in land and aerial surveying, we’re delighted to announce that we can now complete water spatial measurement surveys. Bathycat is a portable unmanned survey catamaran designed to complete bathymetric and hydrographic surveys. For those unfamiliar with…
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