07-15, 09:00–13:00 (Europe/Sarajevo), PA11
Drone imagery and data is useful for mapping, disaster resilience, and a variety of humanitarian, development, and economic activities, but drone mapping tools have not been well-adapted to community use in development and humanitarian contexts and are mostly proprietary- until now. The Drone Tasking Manager (DroneTM) is a suite of tools for communities to use low-cost, safe, accessible drones to collect high-quality aerial imagery and data on the scale of thousands of square kilometers.
We would like to offer a free workshop in which participants will:
Use the Drone Tasking Manager desktop application to create projects, defining and Area of Interest to cover with multiple drones by multiple teams concurrently.
Use the DroneTM mobile Web app to create, access, and download individual flight plans for low-cost drones
Execute short (~15minute) automated drone flights using the DroneTM flight plans - drone tasking manager supports DJI Mini 4 Pro, DJI Air 3, Potensic Atom drones ).
Process the resulting data into orthophoto images, Digital Elevation Models, and 3D meshes (using OpenDroneMap as part of the DroneTM back end)
Import the orthophoto images into QGIS for visualization. We won’t have time - or scope - to get into use and analysis of the imagery, but people will be able to get it loaded up into a QGIS canvas and ready for use.
We hope to welcome participants who are:
From, working with, or supporting communities with actual needs and/or projects that can benefit from aerial imagery and data. We especially hope to welcome those who have not been able to access drone technology due to barriers related to cost and complexity.
Interested in testing, supporting, or using drone technology and meeting like-minded folks
Interested in advocating to regulatory agencies, donors, and other stakeholders to promote inclusive, community-based drone empowerment
Due to existing inequities in the drone and tech sector, women will be prioritized for hands-on practical flight operations experience
9:00 - 9:15: Introduction of presenters, facilitators, and participants
9:15 - 9:30: Overview of DroneTM purpose and usage
9:30 - 10:00: Project Creation; define an AOI and parameters for imagery needed
10:00 - 10:20: Introduction to operator usage of DroneTM on phone (web app), download flight plans, inspect them, and load them onto the drones
10:20 - 10:30: Break (possibly also troubleshooting for those who didn’t get their flight plans loaded correctly)
10:30 - 10:45: Proceed to outdoor flight location
10:45 - 11:00: Pre-flight checklists and safety orientation
11:00 - 11:30: Fly!
11:30 - 11:45: Return indoors, launch processing
11:45 - 12:15: Break + networking. While imagery is processing, participants will discuss their context and potential uses for drone imagery and data
12:15 - 12:45: Viewing results of the flights, loading into QGIS and other FOSS tools, discussion of possible analysis and use
12:45 - 13:00: Session evaluation and questions
intermediate
Pre-requirements for attendees –Drone piloting experience is not required. We will cover the basics of manual flight, but the DroneTM flights will be automated and supervised by experienced operators.
Laptops are useful for the project creation module. Those who do not have laptops will be able to follow along.
No coding required.
Link to software source code repository –
With over 10 years experience working in the international development and humanitarian sector, I would describe myself as an open tech advocate, a community builder, a facilitator with strong commitment and passion about making the tech industry more diverse and inclusive!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petya-kangalova-43a2423b/
https://www.hotosm.org/people/petya-kangalova/
