Coastal mapping and drone pilot training
07/06/2019
We spent three mornings battling clouds, seagull attacks, fog, large moving boats, nearby fisherman, an eagle, and a drone equipment failure but we left with over 1900 aerial photos (locations shown here) of the eelgrass beds of the North Port. Now to analyze for extent of seagrass beds and make a large map.
DRONE PHOTO GRID OVER THE SALMON RIVER ESTUARY: Fly low and slow take 1000 aerial photos of a salmon restoration sites, and then stitch them together for field biologists to analyze the speed of recovery of the wetlands they are working to restore.
06/16/2018
Between Tuesday and Friday we had a crew go out with Oregon fish and wildlife to map netarts bay for eel grass using the Ebee SQ and Ebee Plus.
Jason miranda: left. Chuck Getter: right.
Using our fixed wing ebee to map the city of Siletz.
06/03/2018
The Newport News Times published a great front page article today about our flyers. There is also a very nice opinion piece by News Time's Steve Card.
Thank you.
Way to go crew!
06/03/2018
Results from the Drone Crew pilot program last year. Now we are looking forward to launching our Drone Crew Academy thanks to Dr. Charles Getter (Dr. Chuck) and crew lead, Michelle Rogers.