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About Us
Drones for Research Initiative
This initiative started during a short course in the past SOLAMAC meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, 2014. Scientists from USA, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, and Colombia, met to exchange experiences and information on UAV's technology a.k.a drones for research and conservation purposes. Field biologistis face many challenges when monitoring wildlife populations. There is an evident need to learn about this emergent tool and to evaluate what UAV technology is appropiate to aid our researches. For this reason we established this iniativie to share experiences, protocols, and information that can improve species research and conservation efforts in our countries and in the future provides us with comparable information.
Credit: Vancouver Aquarium and NOAA
Manned aircraft survyes are classically used to study marine mammals. However these surveys are costly, dangerous, subject to human error, and can disturbe target species. UAV technology is advancing fast with many potential applications to aid field researchers. UAVs are non-invasive, are cost efficient, and show remarkable deployment capabilities.
Credit: parrot.com
UAV technology is growing fast. A number of 'drones' are commercially available to the scientific community. Some of the newest models are 'follow me' technology with promising applications in areas such as photogrammetry and population monitoring. Here you will find a summary of such technology.
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