Drones Save Lives in Disaster

Hurricane Katrina saw the first deployment of drones in a disaster, setting the stage for such drone deployments worldwide — from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident to the Nepal earthquake. Sensefly, lent their h& to a disaster relief team in Nepal by capturing high quality imagery with GPS co-ordinates that allowed the relief teams to locate people trapped in debris. The hurricane was a landmark for drone technologies, pivotal in their development for emergencies.

The last decade has seen an evolution in small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This is especially true for multi-rotors, whose systems are less mechanically complex, easier to control & more compact than the radio-controlled helicopters that explored the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Even bigger, but less visible, are changes to software & user interfaces, particularly for controlling UAVs, image quality. And, software now turns images into maps that are more accurate than satellite imagery & 3D reconstructions, letting responders see a disaster from any angle, like in a video game.

With RocketMine having participated in its first Search & Rescue mission, assisting in more missions would be welcomed as the limits of drone application is yet to be realised. With RocketMine, you can obtain high quality data of hectares of l& & that can be used to locate people & unstable l& that will not be safe for relief efforts.

“South Africa is lucky because we rarely experience hurricanes & earthquakes. If there are other ways that we can assist in emergency situations, we are open to lending a hand” – Chris Clark, RocketMine Division Head.

“We have extensive knowledge in the mining industry & have participated in emergency situation on mines. Knowing what images can be obtained from those missions, it would be an experience to explore more.”- Clark.

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– with thanks to Yahoo News.

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