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2018/ 10/ 02 Why do we use drones? 1 2018/ 10/ 02 https:/ / commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:1906_S an_Francisco_earthquake_aftermath_panorama.jpg 1906 San Francisco earthquake Photos by George Lawrence Camera weighed 635 kg Glass plates:

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Why do we use drones?

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1906 San Francisco earthquake Photos by George Lawrence

Camera weighed 635 kg Glass plates: 2.4 x 1.4 m

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http://www.businessinsider.com/uav-or-commercial-drone-market-forecast-2015-2?IR=T

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Spot 6 1.5m Albris 1 cm

Water Management Areas

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Erosion monitoring

L Wijnberg

Assessing herbicide spraying

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Burn Scar Mapping

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50 100 150 200 250 Traditional 2001 UAV 2017

Cape vulture population Individuals

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Traditional 2001 UAV 2017

Cape vulture nests Nests

Increase due to a more accurate means of monitoring rather than an actual increase in bird numbers.

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Large tree

mortality monitoring

Alien plant

mapping

Plant species

identification

The “Green-backed Jersey Vulture” (no animals were harmed in this testing!)

D Jewitt

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D Jewitt

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Drone survey Ground based survey D Jewitt

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Courtesy of Wynand Uys

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Game counts

Eland in the Drakensberg

Courtesy of D Wood

Game counts

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1. Best satellite

image

2. Fluid lensing on

UAV

3. Fluid lensing detail

Parrot fish Sea cucumber Multiple coral genera Shark

Chirayath and Earle, 2016, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26:237-250.

Fluid lensing

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Courtesy of Dennis Wood

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Coutersy of S Richert Courtesy of S Richert Courtesy of S Richert

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3D models

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3D models

D Jewitt and L Wijnberg

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Courtesy of Dennis Wood

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Giraffe cow and calf: 85m Rhinos: 60m Hippos: 30m

Hodgson and Koh 2016, Current Biology 26.

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Area Application Drones Manned Flights Satellites

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The Nano Hummingbird drone is used for surveillance by DARPA. Credit: Columbia University

Drones being

made smaller, cheaper and more capable.

Use of

Artificial Intelligence

Allan et al 2018, Ecosphere 9

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Integration of multiple technologies ‘Technoecology’

Allan et al 2018, Ecosphere 9

Drone transport Drone ambulance Drone flower pollination

How we do business will fundamentally change

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