Felt compelled to make a 2025 update to this one, about why high resolution mapping of cliff faces is mostly *not* a reliable/suitable tool for rock climber / rescuer safety applications. TL:DR get mentors, learn, get outside, touch stone.
Felt compelled to make a 2025 update to this one, about why high resolution mapping of cliff faces is mostly *not* a reliable/suitable tool for rock climber / rescuer safety applications. TL:DR get mentors, learn, get outside, touch stone.
A little while ago I posted about running a small drone mapping session where we could not actually fly drones - and made a map anyway:
https://mapstodon.space/@adamsteer/114531662058593146
...here's me demonstrating how to be the "air" underneath the drone :). And yes, I got teams to walk in pairs, one acting as safety/support/swap over to avoid fatigue while the other kept the drone airborne
A couple of years ago I was invited to a UiT (University of the Arctic in Tromsø) outreach day about coastal ecology. I did a practical session about drones and made this map!
How did I get unlicensed pilots to make a drone map in a no fly zone? They walked a flight pattern in teams, holding the drone up high - while a "pilot" directed them and pressed the shutter button! It was processed in time to show results at the end of the day :)
Drone mapping unlocks secrets of 3,000-year-old ‘mega fortress’ in the South Caucasus
A recent study using drone mapping has revealed that Dmanisis Gora, a 3,000-year-old mountainside fortress in the Caucasus Mountains, is far bigger than previously thought. The discoveries also prompted a reassessment of settlement dynamics during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages.
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/drone-mapping-unlocks-secrets-of-mega-fortress/
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Keen to follow more folk who are involved with #DroneMapping #UAVMapping #Orthomosaics #UAVs
Seeing a number of examples of small drones being used for search and rescue efforts in Syria and Turkey right now. Guessing drone mapping efforts of the destroyed areas will be coming next (or, I hope so).
Nordy Bank is a univallate hillfort on the flanks of Brown Clee Hill, the highest hill in Shropshire.
Here's a composite of some 540+ drone photos, mostly from a P4Pro, but some from a Mavic Pro, all stitched together using OpenDroneMap of the hillfort and it's environs.
OpenDroneMap handled the 2 sets of images from 2 different drones effortlessly!
#HillFortWednesday #Shropshire #Drone #DroneMapping #uk #CleeHills #AerialMapping #DronePhotograhy #HillFort #OpenDroneMap
#Photography has been a natural complement to the #fieldwork that I've performed over the years. It's afforded me opportunities to visit places like this canyon in northern #Iceland. The columnar basalt lining the canyon sidewalls are #geologist's dream!
This view was captured from my #drone during a trip in 2019. I had just finished performing fieldwork focused on #dronemapping several #periglacial and #glacial sites across the island and took the last week of the trip for some sightseeing!
Publication: Improving Approaches to Mapping seagrass within the GBR : https://mdpi.com/1654068 #mdpiremotesensing
#seagrass #seagrasswatch #greatbarrierreef #UAV #remotesensing #dronemapping #drone #earthobserving #machinelearning #spaceborne