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 < josephrichardpoll...@gmail.com> 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 > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Heather Leson Director of Community Engagement *Ushahidi* hle...@ushahidi.com www.ushahidi.com and https://wiki.ushahidi.com @heatherleson / skype: heatherleson
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