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* '''Email List:''' [http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-preserve esip-preserve] ([http://lists.esipfed.org/pipermail/esip-drone/ Drone List])
 
* '''Email List:''' [http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-preserve esip-preserve] ([http://lists.esipfed.org/pipermail/esip-drone/ Drone List])
* '''Next meeting:'''  
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** Telecon: 1-877-668-4493 Access Code
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*To join the '''Drones telecon''' from your computer, tablet or smartphone, click:
** Webex: [[https://esipfed.webex.com]] | Password:  
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**https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/256375653
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*You can also dial in using your phone.
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**United States: +1 (224) 501-3212
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**Access Code: 256-375-653
 
* '''Contact Chair:''' Lindsay Barbieri (Bar) - lkbar@uvm.edu
 
* '''Contact Chair:''' Lindsay Barbieri (Bar) - lkbar@uvm.edu
  

Revision as of 16:08, March 1, 2016

Drone Cluster Logo Get Involved
  • To join the Drones telecon from your computer, tablet or smartphone, click:
  • You can also dial in using your phone.
    • United States: +1 (224) 501-3212
    • Access Code: 256-375-653
  • Contact Chair: Lindsay Barbieri (Bar) - lkbar@uvm.edu
Resources
Activities
  • Regular call but to be determined post Summer meeting session
News
  • 2015-06-11: Drone Cluster session scheduled for this summer's meeting (link)
  • 2015-01-08: Drone Cluster formed at the ESIP Meeting


Why Unmanned Aerial Systems [UASs]?

In response to a growing interest in the use of drones (unmanned aerial systems (UAS)) in the earth sciences, an ESIP cluster formed this year to focus on their development and use. While there are currently various challenges around using UAS, the existing and anticipated advantages mean that firstly the domain is swelling with innovation, and secondly that UASs are expected to become a standard piece of field equipment for scientists.

As a new cluster we are welcoming participants and input as to how we can best operate within ESIP.

UAS advantages over traditional approaches:

  • Content on demand/currency of data
  • Cost savings (10% of traditional methods)
  • High resolutions possible (2.5cm)
  • Turn around time - hours not months or years
  • Improved Safety
  • Lowered impact on the environment being monitored
  • All of the above mean an increased ease of observation repeatability


Challenges:

  • Steep learning curve
  • Need for more reduced weight instrumentation
  • Need for new data management and processing techniques, particularly open source options
  • Regulations