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They began as wartime technology, but now drones are changing the way we witness the world, especially when we can’t see it for ourselves.
LiDAR, was used to “redraw” the remains of the city, along the lower western slopes of the Suikerbosrand hills near Johannesburg.
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Technology which located Mayan cities has been used to rediscover a southern African city from the 15th century.
CASA makes it easier for low risk flying of drones.
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Long awaited changes to the regulations on some drone flights in Australia are set to give the industry a shake up.
Lining up potential pitfalls: nonexperts and computers may misinterpret the vertical line in this image as a natural feature rather than a result of a mosaic compilation of multiple satellite images.
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Expert image analysts have an important role to play, even in an age of computer interpretation and crowdsourcing.
The urban landscape is complex and ever-changing in cities such as Perth, but digital aerial photography can now monitor even the smallest changes.
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Constant, complex changes in cities and mine sites are hard to monitor. Drawing on digital aerial photography, it’s now possible to track land-use and vegetation changes in areas as small as 10-20cm.