Joseph, great to see you here and in this context! You know there are opportunities at the doorstep here :-)
Lets connect when you are back from geneva! 2013/7/18 Heather Leson <[email protected]> > HI Joseph, I'd be interested in seeing this research from at risk > assessment angle. > > heather > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Joseph Pollack < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Hotties, >> >> I've been periodically (every 3-6 months or so for 3 year) been posting >> in crisis mappers and HOT about using UAVs for mapping and other stuff. I'm >> really happy you guys are now talking about it! >> >> I've been looking at low-cost UAVs for a while now, and I think that >> technology has reached the maturity whereby we can instrument a rig with >> sensors for a total cost of less than 5 thousand dollars. Which means we >> can basically start shipping these to wherever VERY cheaply, with a HUGE >> impact! This is the state of technology TODAY imho. >> >> I'm immensely keen to contribute in substance to a white paper, a focus >> group and so on. And I'm even more keen to start actually fundraising, >> buying and instrumenting these in my back yard, at the lab or wherever, and >> to start shipping these to groups that can use them. I know a couple, and >> I'm sure you guys know of more that could use something like this. >> >> Civilian-led high-res imagery for civilian-initiatives : it's the crowd >> watching over itself - we're already here! Let's make this happen. Kindly >> consider me a ressource for however you're deciding to run with this. But >> let's run with this most definitely! >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> -Joseph. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > > -- > Heather Leson > Director of Community Engagement > *Ushahidi* > [email protected] > www.ushahidi.com and https://wiki.ushahidi.com > @heatherleson / skype: heatherleson > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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