Drones for Impact Uses of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Drones for Impact Uses of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Transport

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV)

Global drone market • Global commercial drone market estimated at USD 552 million in 2014 and expected to grow at rate of 16. 9% over the forecast period (2014 -2022). Commercial Drone Market Analysis By Product (Fixed Wing, Rotary Blade, Nano, Hybrid), By Application (Agriculture, Energy, Government, Media & Entertainment) And Segment Forecasts To 2022. Grand View Research, Jan 2016

Advantages • • Very high spatial resolution (up to 1 cm/px) 3 D modeling Not affected by cloud coverage High temporal resolution Technology Costs Innovations

Image Comparisons

3 D modeling

Applications in development projects • • Aerial assessments Data collection and analytics Mapping Early warning systems Disaster relief Environmental monitoring Delivery

Medicine and blood delivery Zipline, Rwanda

Applications in transport operations • • • Arial progress images and videos Time-laps videos Quick site familiarization Inspection of hazardous/unsafe areas Predictive data collection (flooding estimates, risk of bridge collapse based on stream and river debris)

Deeper project insight • • 3 D model of site Exact measurements Daily monitoring of progress Generate topographical drawings Estimate earthwork quantities Quality control inspection Detecting illegal land uses and practices

Applications for transport IEs • Land rights mapping, cadastral surveys • Survey listings, sample frames: quick aerial settlement and population counts and evaluations • Mapping migration, urban expansion, temporary settlements (slums, IDP/refugee camps) • Agriculture: crop yield estimations, optimizing input use, threat mitigation, validation of treatments, forecasts

Example Workflow -3 • months Define problem, parameters, times, collaborators, check regulations and local government partners, . . . Flights Traveling between sites Flights Pre-processing images -2 months -2 weeks Permits, contracts, . . . Ensure all hardware is ready + 1 - 15 days Processing and delivery of the product (imagery)

World Bank resources • 2 drones & geospatial data processing: – Geospatial Operations Support Team (GOST) • Resources: – Satellite State of Play: landscape. satsummit. io – UAV State of Play: bit. ly/uav 4 dev