Technical Guidelines for Small Island Mapping with UAVs
Image acquisition and surveying using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a very promising technology for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). UAVs can be a relatively low-cost data collection tool at the surveying scales often needed in small isl...
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| Format: | Report |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/439981584943367620/Technical-Guidelines-for-Small-Island-Mapping-with-UAVs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33455 |
| Summary: | Image acquisition and surveying using
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a very promising
technology for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). UAVs
can be a relatively low-cost data collection tool at the
surveying scales often needed in small island contexts.
Further, UAVs can capture thousands of images in a single
flight and provide greater detail than satellites or even
manned aircraft. The World Bank and Humanitarian
OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this guidance note to
document experience and best practices in the use and
operation of UAVs for economic development in SIDS. Many of
the lessons presented in this guidance note stem from the
UAV4Resilience organized by the World Bank (World Bank
2017b) and from experiences with Pacific Drone Imagery
Dashboard (PacDID) deployments in the Pacific islands (HOT
2016). This report is intended for local technological
agencies of island nations that work to operationalize UAVs
as a standard data collection tool. |
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