Tag Archives: Maps and Surveys
Scientists track sharks with everyday drones
Small consumer drones can be used to detect and monitor marine megafauna (big sea animals, basically) in shallow waters, according to new research from North Carolina State University. The team has shown that a quadcopter drone can be an affordable, … Continue reading
Game of Drones: Farmers Look to Unmanned Aircraft to Monitor Crops
If you’ve wondered how difficult it is to set up and operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, consider the Quantix hybrid drone. You can have it set up and moved to a field to start flying within five minutes, notes Matt … Continue reading
Drones Detect Radiation
Over the last few years, drones have become a popular tool for a variety of applications at nuclear facilities, including both indoor and outdoor inspections and mapping. The industry is starting to trust unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to improve safety … Continue reading
In crash investigations, police upgrade from chalk, tape measures to drones
Drones already have varied uses from mail delivery to storm tracking. Now, US state and local police are using the unmanned aerial vehicles’ bird’s eye photos to reconstruct car crashes more efficiently, accurately, and safely … https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2018/0807/In-crash-investigations-police-upgrade-from-chalk-tape-measures-to-drones Christian Science Monitor … Continue reading
