Top 10 uses for Drones in the Civil World
In no particular order:
1. Road Traffic Accident and Crash Investigation
An accident has just occurred, police are on the scene trying to piece together tyre marks, road markings and debris. Unmanned aircraft could be used to obtain an aerial photo or video of the scene to present to the investigators the full picture to help determine what happened and who was at fault.
2. Architecture and Design
When architects design tall buildings such as office blocks and apartments they are often faced with a dilemmas such as which way the windows should face? or how tall should the building be? With an unmanned aircraft we can climb up to specific heights, locations and directions to give architects a panoramic view that will replicate the view from certain areas of a proposed building.
3. Town Planning and Construction
In a similar fashion to the uses by architects, we can fly our unmanned aircraft to specific locations to help town planners judge things such as privacy issues for proposed developments. We can also climb to heights that allow panoramic views of proposed towns and cities to get a feel for what might go where.
Construction site - Photo Credit to https://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/2363688612
4. Personal
Whether you own a house, flat, boat etc there is something truly special about having a photo of your property from a unique aerial perspective like you’ve never seen it before.
5. Farming
The next biggest thing in farming is something known as Precision Agriculture, it uses unmanned aircraft, GPS technology and vast amounts of technical data from farming machinery to so farmers can vary things such as pesticides and herbicides to maximise crop growth. Photos from unmanned aircraft also help farmers identify issues and trends in crop growth and allows them to take mitigating actions quickly.
6. Indoor Tour
Drones aren't just for outdoors, they can be used to provide amazing indoor tours of buildings and facilities.
7. Sports Events
Most sports events such as Silverstone or the Tour de France is covered using manned helicopters. As an alternative the use of unmanned aircraft could save thousands of pounds in fuel costs and get closer to the action. Unfortunately limitations in speed and battery life mean that there is still some work to be done before this can become a common sight.
8. Promotional Material
Promoting a business with a wide angle shot of a business premises is a great way to stand out from the crowd.
9. Weddings and Events
Previously aerial wedding photography had to be taken from helicopters at no lower than 500ft, the lack details at this height results in pictures that could be of anybody's wedding. The use of drones gives us the ability to fly much closer to the action of the wedding.
10. Pollution Monitoring
Not all unmanned aircraft have to be carrying cameras, they can capture all sorts of data, such as particle analysers to monitor pollution.
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