Monitoring Volcanoes Using UAVs
With the increase usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, scientists now have a powerful tool to map active volcanoes safely.
With the increase usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, scientists now have a powerful tool to map active volcanoes safely.
Researchers have found that using drones and underwater cameras is a quicker and more accurate way to count green turtles.
Using a combination of satellite and UAV monitoring, the impact of locusts can be minimized by anticipating where swarms are likely to form next.
Erin Jepperson, Technical Sales Engineer at Nearmap, outlines how to weigh the pros and cons of aerial imagery and drone imagery.
With the widespread use of drones, methods are likely to be further refined to improve not only the use of UAVs in physical measurements in geography but even expanded to areas of the social sciences.
With the relatively cheap price and increasing effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often called drones, we are seeing much more accurate estimates and understanding of ecological change.
NASA has gotten in on the drone action themselves, testing unique mini-drones that are manufactured in Sweden.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are currently being used to not only speed up the pipeline routing process but also to make it both safer and more economical.
Drones are rapidly being adopted as a way to quickly collect aerial imagery and other forms of geospatial data.
The details of new Small UAS Rule, aka Part 107, were released back in June and have been distilled into a more user friendly summary by Commercial UAV News.
Esri has released its beta version of Drone2Map will enables user to quickly develop GIS ready data from drone imagery.
The ethical and legal issues about gathering geographic data using drones can be divided into four main areas: regulations, privacy, safety, and noise.