Hi Oleksiy, Thanks for all the links and materials. Lots of good points. Looking forward to reading through it. All the best, Dan
On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Oleksiy Muzalyev < [email protected]> wrote: > On 02/09/16 22:06, Dan Joseph wrote: > > Hi All, > > The American Red Cross GIS Team is constantly looking for new ways to > improve our workflows and learn from the OpenStreetMap and FOSS4G > communities. The vast majority of the GIS analysis and map making we do is > done using FOSS4G tools and we strive to be effective contributors as well > as consumers. > > We've supported the development of Portable OSM (POSM <https://github.com/ > AmericanRedCross/posm> as an affordable (can be run on hardware costing > less than $300) solution to make OpenStreetMap, OpenMapKit, and Field > Papers available for deployments in connectivity-limited environments. POSM > consolidates cloud-based tools into a portable server that acts as a > temporary local data hub for digital mapping, surveying, and field media > collection. > > The next stage of development is working with the folks at Stamen to > incorporate OpenDroneMap (for processing UAV imagery) into the stack of > software available for installation on a POSM. We'd love to hear your > thoughts, concerns, use-cases, and other comments. Send us an email or > leave an issue on the POSM GitHub repository <https://github.com/ > americanredcross/posm/issues>. > > - Dan Joseph > > > Hi Dan, > > I use RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft systems) quite a lot for aerial > photography and videography, both multirotor and fixed-wing. I fly in > geographical regions for which there are orthorectified images, so I make > mostly oblique aerial photographs and aerial videos. In Google Map there is > a feature that one can see how many times his uploaded images were viewed. > So I uploaded some of them to Google Maps to see if people are interested > to view such oblique aerial images in relation to a map location. The > result is six hundred aerial images were viewed more than seven million > times already [1]. So it seems there is an interest. > > I also add aerial images and aerial videos to Wikipedia and then add > wikipedia tag to the OSM map [2]. > > The main issue with using a multirotor (quadcopter) for aerial photography > is that its range is only 2 - 3 kilometers. It takes several hours to drive > to an object and then it takes just twenty minutes to film it from the air. > There is already technology with the long range of 40 and more kilometers, > for example Dragonlink V3 [3]. For such a long range it would be already > not a quad but a fixed-wing aircraft, and electric glider. > > Instead of long driving by car an electric glider could fly directly to an > object and make aerial images and video. Glider has got only one motor and > on a quiet day it does not even need it all the time, just to climb, and > then it can glide for a while without a motor. > > But to pilot a long range RPAS one would need a special Permit for the > operation of drones without direct eye contact [4]. And to obtain such a > permit there should be an internal formal training and internal > certification. A pilot of long range RPAS must know meteorology, weather > patterns, know how to make defensive maneuvers in case of a large bird > attack (not to hurt a protected bird and not to crash a RPAS), how to react > to low flying manned aircraft, and many other things. > > Dragonlink V3 costs 336 USD, an electric glider with the wing span of two > or more meters capable to carry a GoPro (or better) camera costs from 179.- > USD [5]. So it is affordable and doable. With the range of 40+ km the > aerial photography becomes scalable, and it has got a potential to change > mapping. However, having a background in civil aviation [6], I am aware > that for successful safe operations the formal training and certification > are essential. Civil aviation authorities of a country should see that this > is a serious organization, with a serious approach, otherwise no one will > let us into an airspace. > > There is a special equipment for training readily available. For example, > popular Spektrum and Futaba radio controllers have got wireless > instructor-student link, so a student can pilot an RPAS without any risk, > as an instructor can take control any moment. > > [1] https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/101802068168905320382/ > photos/@46.4410425,16.1201149,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 > > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon_Castle (same video on youtube > https://youtu.be/GsSVZfiJFnA ) > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyon-Castle-aerial-1.jpg > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi_fortress (same > video on youtube https://youtu.be/C-kQjmzlY7A ) > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akkerman-fortress- > aerial-1.jpg > etc. > > [3] http://dragonlinkrc.com/ > > [4] https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home/good-to-know%20/ > drones-and-aircraft-models/permits-for-the-operation-of- > drones-without-direct-eye-contact-o.html > > [5] http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFL4750#home > > [6] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwIBJzM0u50qOXZ5bnFEZi1hTGM > > Best regards, > > Oleksiy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_(given_name) ) >
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