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UAV

Score 13.7 / 100 23 providers 3 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (23)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Dronecode FoundationDronesRoboticsMAVLink4 APIs48.1 WingtraCompanyDronesAerial Surveying2 APIs44.7

Thin 1 Limited public surface area

Aarav Unmanned Systems (Aereo)DronesGeospatialMapping2 APIs27.4

Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented

DJICompanyDronesAerial Imaging24.1 AuterionCompanyAi MlDrones22.3 NerosCompanyDefenseDronesUnmanned Systems1 API19.6 Advanced Aircraft CompanyCompanyAerospaceDefenseDrones1 API15.9 3DRCompanyDronesRobotics14.1

Minimal 15 Almost no public developer surface

AeronextCompanyDronesLogistics8.5 DronamicsCompanyDronesCargo8.5 BirdstopCompanyDronesRemote Sensing5.9 AerialoopCompanyDronesLogistics5.2 Aerospace Times FeipengCompanyAerospaceDrones4.9 UnmanndCompanyDefenseDrones4.1 Quantum SystemsDronesUASeVTOL3.9 Firnas AeroCompanyDronesAerial Surveillance3.8 OrnadyneCompanyDronesRoboticsAerospace3.4 Raphe MphibrCompanyAerospaceDefenseDrones3.4 Target ArmCompanyRoboticsDrones3.4 TopXGunCompanyFrontier TechDrones3.4 Impossible AerospaceCompanyDeep TechAerospaceDrones2.5 Performance Drone WorksCompanyDefenseDrones2.5 AirwareCompanyDronesAerial Analytics0.0

APIs with this tag (3)

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Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

MAVLink ProtocolMAVLink is the message-level interoperability standard for drones, and the Dronecode Foundation publishes i...48.1 MAVSDK gRPC APIMAVSDK is the Dronecode Foundation's programmable interface to any MAVLink vehicle, and the only surface in...48.1 PX4 AutopilotPX4 is the open source flight control firmware the Dronecode Foundation stewards — the software running on ...48.1

Score breakdown

Frequency

39.3

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

0.6

spread across providers

Quality lift

14.9

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

5.0

strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Drones broader

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag23

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