The Drone Network
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The Man Building America's Drone Systems
June 9, 2026 · 25 minThe U.S. has moved to block foreign-made drones from receiving FCC approval — but what fills the gap? Bryce sits down with Mike Horton, CEO of HYFIX Spatial Intelligence and creator of GEODNET, to find out how a single American-made chip…
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The Invisible Job Market for Drone Mapping
June 1, 2026 · 15 minThe drone mapping profession is real, growing fast, and largely invisible to anyone who hasn't already stumbled into it. Bryce breaks down why one of the fastest-growing professional sectors in the world still lacks the career…
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What Your Drone Actually Sees
May 18, 2026 · 12 minThis episode of The Drone Network demystifies what actually happens between the moment a drone pilot closes a mission and the moment someone uses that data to make a decision. That means covering perspective projection, photogrammetry, and…
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Drone Imagery, Spatial Scale, and the Future of Physical AI
May 4, 2026 · 27 minWhat makes drone data valuable — and who should be using it? Ben Kovacs is the Senior Product Marketing Lead at Spexi Geospatial, and he spent his early career inside the commercial satellite industry, helping customers navigate the gap…
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The Drone You'll Never See Is Changing the World
April 20, 2026 · 29 minThe drone you'll never see is also the most important one in the sky. It weighs one gram less than the FAA's registration threshold, which means it barely appears in official statistics. It flies a preprogrammed grid over a suburb, takes a…
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The Biggest Mistake Drone Pilots Make Has Nothing to Do with Flying | Dylan Gorman
April 13, 2026 · 34 minDylan Gorman has flown 7,500+ drone missions, built and sold a drone business, and trained tens of thousands of pilots through PilotByte. He's one of the most experienced commercial drone operators in North America, and one of the most…
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Maps Are Infrastructure and They Need Data
March 30, 2026 · 12 minWhat happens to the data after it's collected? In this episode, Bryce explores the real-world value locked inside a standardized drone imagery network — and why the most important data is often the kind nobody knew they'd need. (00:00)…
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Why Every Map You've Ever Used Is Already Outdated
March 23, 2026 · 12 minEvery map you've ever used was already outdated the moment you opened it. In this episode, Bryce breaks down why the world's mapping infrastructure has a staleness problem — and why, until recently, fixing it was economically…