Using mapping drones for disaster prevention & response
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Adam Klaptocz of Drone Adventures and senseFly explains how autonomous mapping drones (UAVs) can help NGOs and similar organisations to make better decisions - using the latest drone technology to take high-resolution aerial photographs of at-risk areas and disaster zones, before transforming these shots into accurate 2D 'orthomosaics' (maps) and 3D models.
Using mapping drones for disaster prevention & response
- 1. Adam Klaptocz Using mapping drones for disaster prevention & response Co-founder and President Head of Hardware and Mechanical Engineering
- 2. How does a mapping drone work?
- 3. 01 Flight planning (via simple automated software)
- 5. 03 Autonomous flight & image capture
- 6. 04 Automated image processing (producing 2D orthomosaics, digital elevation models and even)
- 7. full 3D point clouds
- 8. 3 case studies How can drone-sourced data and maps help?
- 9. Typhoon Yolanda (Leyte, Philippines) 11.8.2013 01 Post-disaster needs assessment & relocation planning
- 12. Mapping drones used to give an up-to-date, accurate picture of peoples communities
- 14. Producing highly detailed maps for community leaders to start using the very next day
- 15. An example high-resolution orthomosaic
- 16. Highly accurate, up-to-date data on which to base important planning decisions
- 17. Allowing leaders like the Mayor of Tacloban to understand the effects of the disaster on the worst hit, often informal, communities
- 18. The Mayors previous map, showing plots due to be developed by a wide range of donors
- 19. The orthomosaic (hosted online) the Mayor can now use to coordinate relocation efforts
- 20. Fukushima tsunami & nuclear disaster 3.11.2011 02 Reconstruction monitoring
- 21. Removing radioactive topsoil in Iidate village (N.W. of Fukushima)
- 23. 3years on many towns like Tomioka have yet to be Reconstructed & satellite imagery is out of date
- 24. Time to launch
- 25. A drone-sourced high-resolution orthomosaic (take-off point in blue) Used by local gov. for town planning & reconstruction tracking
- 26. Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 2013 03 Preparation and prevention
- 27. A dry riverbed in Port-au-Prince, home to a popular market that is susceptible to flooding
- 28. 3 drones were used to map 45 km2
- 29. This knowledge was used to mitigate flood damage
- 30. by identifying where to place measures to slow erosion and increase water absorption
- 31. Drone-sourced geospatial data is already here Cost-effective Immediate High-resolution 3D How will you use it?