A very topical article appeared in the recent edition of Stormwater Magazine based on US usage but would seem highly relevant for use in Australia right now.
A post grad student used drone flights and various software programs to assess the landscape following fire, in California but this seems highly useful for eastern and south eastern Australia right now in early 2020 to assess our burnt landscapes.
The emphasis was on how the landscape patterns have been changed and how this has influenced how the hydrology of the area has been impacted.
The link is below and should be readily available.
Seems a very timely application, now that some rain seems to be arriving which may quench a number of the fires.
Link is:
https://www.stormh2o.com/erosion-control/article/21117902/eyes-in-the-sky?utm_source=EC+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200114039&o_eid=0996E9426678A4U&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C0996E9426678A4U&oly_enc_id=0996E9426678A4U
Showing posts with label UAV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UAV. Show all posts
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
The Drones are Coming - VERY Rapidly
Drones have been a major success in military areas in recent years. And this success is now rapidly translating into commercial areas.
I wrote a blog some months ago on this topic and even in this brief period, a lot has been happening.
In Australia, regulations are developing although slowly, but aim to minimise rules for low power short range drones, often small quadricopters. While of some commercial interest, it is larger units that are increasingly of interest commercially, and the area where they potentially pose some airspace problems.
Areas of use include mining and agriculture / pastoral use, ecological studies and remote sensing for R and D purposes, real estate photography......use your imagination! And of course commercial spying, and related issue including police and related agencies use for traffic monitoring in real time anywhere, survelliance activities, and no doubt customs and border patrols.
Last week the ABC produced another informative article and tv segment on the issue.
Be aware........it could be coming to get you.
Read more here -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-01/drones-set-for-large-scale-commercial-take-off/4546556
I wrote a blog some months ago on this topic and even in this brief period, a lot has been happening.
In Australia, regulations are developing although slowly, but aim to minimise rules for low power short range drones, often small quadricopters. While of some commercial interest, it is larger units that are increasingly of interest commercially, and the area where they potentially pose some airspace problems.
Areas of use include mining and agriculture / pastoral use, ecological studies and remote sensing for R and D purposes, real estate photography......use your imagination! And of course commercial spying, and related issue including police and related agencies use for traffic monitoring in real time anywhere, survelliance activities, and no doubt customs and border patrols.
Last week the ABC produced another informative article and tv segment on the issue.
Be aware........it could be coming to get you.
Read more here -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-01/drones-set-for-large-scale-commercial-take-off/4546556
Saturday, June 09, 2012
UAVs on Steroids
I blogged a while back about drones / UAVs and their role in modern agriculture and pastoral production, at least of aricraft and helicopters that were low cost and effective.
The article here covers military drone aircraft, remotely piloted uAVs, used by Australian military overseas in Afganistan. They are leased through an intemediary company from the owners, an Israeli company.
I have no doubt of their capabilities, imaging and related sensing tools and similar technologies. Well beyond what the average citizen imagines even.
Remember the scene in the movie 'Patriot Games" of IR imaging of bodies in a tent in the desert? That was declassified then, in the late 1980s.
The point is, today's military activities will be tomorrow's civilian capabilities with these technologies, particularly for deployment by firms offering services to industry. The agriculture and pastoral industries will be among the users, and many will find it cost effective for a range of tasks.
Read the story.......it is quite fascinating, if you are into the use of remotely piloted aerial vehicles.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-08/australias-drone-war-in-afghanistan/4058058?WT.svl=news0
The article here covers military drone aircraft, remotely piloted uAVs, used by Australian military overseas in Afganistan. They are leased through an intemediary company from the owners, an Israeli company.
I have no doubt of their capabilities, imaging and related sensing tools and similar technologies. Well beyond what the average citizen imagines even.
Remember the scene in the movie 'Patriot Games" of IR imaging of bodies in a tent in the desert? That was declassified then, in the late 1980s.
The point is, today's military activities will be tomorrow's civilian capabilities with these technologies, particularly for deployment by firms offering services to industry. The agriculture and pastoral industries will be among the users, and many will find it cost effective for a range of tasks.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-08/australias-drone-war-in-afghanistan/4058058?WT.svl=news0
Friday, March 23, 2012
Civilian Drones Seem to be the Issue of the Moment
While I blogged about the use of unmanned vehicles, or drones in rural applications recently, it seems the topic has deveoped a life of its own.
Today the national newpsaper in Australia, "The Australian" has a significant article about UAV use in civilian mode. Click on the link and read it:
Much of the story is a bit short of real facts for Australia and a bit skewed in relation to some of the facts, also for Australian use. Australia already has some rules for their use, developed by the air traffic management services nationally. They may get modified as usage develops- but there are some rules already. The newspaper article does not mention any Australian developers of UAV machines, yet there are several who are of world class, and already supply military products world wide.
Ideas abound on use - be imaginative. There must be many many options worth considering for agriculture in the broad sense at reasonable cost.
Definitely keep a watch on developments.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
They Are NOW for Real - Will YOUR Farm Have a Drone or UAV?
I wrote a blog back in 2008 [http://abovecapricorn.blogspot.com.au/search/label/unmanned%20aircraft] about the serious potential for using a drone [or unmanned aerial vehicle - UAV] in the rural sector.
I see tremendous potential for both smaller and larger rural properties to be able to deploy these types of vehicles to monitor fences, animal herds, watering points, irrigation canals, monitoring of feral animals eg camels........the potential uses are really only up to the imagination.
The link to the article on the ABC web site provides some real world uses right here in Australia, right now, in 2012.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-21/drone-journalism-takes-off/3840616?WT.svl=news4
And the cost is now approaching or may have decreased already for some operators that the concept is worth testing on their own properties.
A number of Australian companies already have commercially used equipment - real estate, mining and so on. See - http://www.cybertechuav.com.au/ as an example, but there are others. Equipment costs are around the same as a small car, and up in proce for more sophisticated equipment, although these costs are falling as the technology develops.
There are even high school competitions in Australia for UAVs, and have been now for some years!!
In the UK, some commercial farms are aleady using these UAVs to assist with management of precision agriculture and aerial inspections of crop performances, developing maps of individual paddocks during the growing season and combining the data with yield monitoring [for example header yield monitoring] to assist with economic performance improvement.
What ideas and role is seen for their use in the NT pastoral and rural scene?
UPDATE - 24 February
CSIRO are using a drone to complete a project on marine rubbish on beaches around Australia. Reported in the news today.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/eye-in-sky-filming-our-rubbish-shame/story-e6frfro0-1226280052411
I see tremendous potential for both smaller and larger rural properties to be able to deploy these types of vehicles to monitor fences, animal herds, watering points, irrigation canals, monitoring of feral animals eg camels........the potential uses are really only up to the imagination.
The link to the article on the ABC web site provides some real world uses right here in Australia, right now, in 2012.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-21/drone-journalism-takes-off/3840616?WT.svl=news4
And the cost is now approaching or may have decreased already for some operators that the concept is worth testing on their own properties.
A number of Australian companies already have commercially used equipment - real estate, mining and so on. See - http://www.cybertechuav.com.au/ as an example, but there are others. Equipment costs are around the same as a small car, and up in proce for more sophisticated equipment, although these costs are falling as the technology develops.
There are even high school competitions in Australia for UAVs, and have been now for some years!!
In the UK, some commercial farms are aleady using these UAVs to assist with management of precision agriculture and aerial inspections of crop performances, developing maps of individual paddocks during the growing season and combining the data with yield monitoring [for example header yield monitoring] to assist with economic performance improvement.
What ideas and role is seen for their use in the NT pastoral and rural scene?
UPDATE - 24 February
CSIRO are using a drone to complete a project on marine rubbish on beaches around Australia. Reported in the news today.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/eye-in-sky-filming-our-rubbish-shame/story-e6frfro0-1226280052411
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