Mapping fire fuel load with a drone

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility (URAF) and South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) are collaborating on new research initiatives to explore various applications of conservation drones for managing South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s natural resources.

One ongoing project is to use drones to map and quantify fire load before and after prescribed burns.



This video shows a fly through of a detailed virtual landscape generated from aerial images collected by a drone in Kuitpo, South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

is the director of the . For more information about this project and the Facility please email: lianpin.koh@adelaide.edu.au

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