Walla Walla County debuts mapping drone

Walla Walla County now has an air force, albeit an unmanned one.

A drone aircraft, or unmanned aerial vehicle, is now in the Public Works Department inventory. The black UAV was in the skies Friday morning performing an aerial survey of Whitman Drive for a planned bike-pedestrian pathway.

County Commissioners Todd Kimball and Jim Johnson were on hand to observe the new technology, bought in April from RDO Integrated Controls of Pasco …

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Walla Walla, WA Union-Bulletin | Dec. 3, 2017