Orbiton
Ruby on Rails data analysis app for a UAV company
1 — About Orbiton
Orbiton, based in Hamar, Norway, specializes in unmanned aerial systems for inspecting and surveying hard-to-reach industrial and infrastructure sites. They leverage advanced electro-optic, infrared, and other sensors to provide detailed inspection data and technical analyses, helping clients make informed operational decisions. Orbiton's solutions deliver safer, faster, more cost-effective, and efficient results compared to traditional methods.
2 — The challenge
When Gonzalo, Orbiton's founder, contacted us, they had problems with the delivery of data and analyses to their clients. Existing solutions involved the need of physical devices, processing data via several different software platforms, and the results were fragmented, disorganized, and impractical for their clients.
Gonzalo had a general idea of how they wanted to deliver their data and analyses to their clients, and how to perform such analyses. The platform should allow Orbiton to create projects and assign them to their clients so they only are able to see them, and allow their clients to see their projects with all their analyses, 3d imagery and geolocated items.
The challenge was to take Gonzalo's vision to reality.
"I'm satisfied with SINAPTIA's high-quality development work. Their ability to respond quickly to inquiries and adapt to changes make them a valuable collaborator."
Gonzalo Figueroa | Founder
3 — The solution
We built a Ruby on Rails application where Orbiton can invite their clients to see their projects. Orbiton collects the data (photos and videos) by performing flights and loading them to Unity (the product). Then, Orbiton and their clients can see all of a project's data. Orbiton delivered their data in several formats: a 3d sphere (using Kolor Panotour), geolocalized images (with Google Maps and custom Google Maps controls), a built-in file explorer. Orbiton and their clients can analyze the data within Unity with Photo Analysis and Video Analysis tools.
4 — The outcome
Unity, the product, launched after 6 months of development. The project deliverables included not only the Ruby on Rails application, but also a file uploader designed to facilitate data uploads from remote locations or areas with slow internet connections.
Unity helped Orbiton massively with the delivery of new projects to their clients.
