Ebook: Small Flying Drones: Applications for Geographic Observation
- Tags: Geography., Artificial intelligence., Geographical information systems., Regional planning., Urban planning., Physical measurements., Measurement., Robotics., Automation., Environmental monitoring., Geographical Information Systems/Cartography., Monitoring/Environmental Analysis., Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning., Measurement Science and Instrumentation., Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Robotics and Automation.
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Springer
- Edition: 1st ed. 2018
- Language: English
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This book focuses on small flying drones and their applications in conducting geographic surveys. Scholars and professionals will discover the potential of this tool, and hopefully develop a conceptual and methodological framework for doing the following things: a) Translate their data acquisition needs into specifications. (b) Use the developed specifications to choose the best accessible configuration for their drones, and (c) Design and organize effective and low-cost field deployment and flight operations by integrating technical aspects with regulatory and research requirements.
Readers can apply this knowledge to work in cartography, environmental monitoring and analysis, land-use studies and landscape archaeology. Particular attention is also given to the reasons why a drone can dramatically boost a geographer’s capability to understand geographic phenomena both from hard-science and humanities-oriented approach.