For the first half of the summer, I spent time researching the ethics of drones, data, and technology more broadly in order to inform ethical practices at the Spatial Analysis Lab. Through this research, I… SAL Summer Project Accomplishments (+ Project Debuts!)
By Cindy Li, Engineering ’18 Currently SAL conducts unmanned aerial photogrammetric surveying with the DJI Phantom 4 and its onboard 4K Camera. The SAL wants to expand its mapping capabilities to include infrared imaging with… Design of Mobius Camera Mounts Prototype A
The SAL offered two courses during interterm: Introduction to GIS and Drone Thinking. Introduction to GIS As foretold by a fortune cookie, “the great aim of education is not knowledge but action…with GIS” — this… J-Term 2018 Review
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This post was authored by Alex Widstrand ’17, co-instructor of the SAL’s interterm drone course “Fun with Drones”. It originally appeared on the Drone Thinking Initiative blog on January 14th. As this week comes to… Fly-Day the 13th: The Conclusion of “Fun with Drones”
The Interterm 2017 Drone Course will offer students an opportunity to learn about drone technology with a focus on mapping and image analysis to support conversation efforts. In addition to gaining an understanding of the… Drone Course – January 2017
In addition to our regular workshops and the ten classes we plan to work with this semester, the SAL staff have some exciting projects on the plate for this fall! Drones Back in June, the… Upcoming Projects in the SAL
Back in June, I had the pleasure of spending a week in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize, assisting the Coral Reef Edventures program, known as Coral Ed for short, with their marine ecology research. For… Droning in Belize
Two weeks ago, the SAL team headed to Popham Beach State Park, Maine, with Prof. Bob Newton’s Geomorphology class. Bob has taken his Geomorphology class there for several years to assess erosion at the beach.… Flying Drones in Popham Beach
What do the Bahamas make you think of? Maybe beautiful beaches, nice resorts, and possibly coral reefs? I know that my first associations with the Bahamas were definitely not drones and hurricanes, but this January… A Low Altitude Aerial Perspective of San Salvador, The Bahamas