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Adapting remote sensing research for environmental monitoring: Citizen mapping the BP oil spill with balloons and kites, by the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science.TRANSCRIPT
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Adapting remote sensing research for environmental monitoring:
Citizen mapping the BP oil spill with balloons and kites
The Public Laboratoryfor Open Technology and Science
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• <400’• line of sight• open spaces, private property• FAA- Certificate for Authorization of flight (COA)
Moored Balloons?• Key measurements are <4lbs, <6ft wide, and <50lbs force required to break the cable.
Regulatory Situation: Got UAS?
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Regulations Title 14 - PART 101—MOORED BALLOONS, KITES, AMATEUR ROCKETS AND UNMANNED FREE BALLOONS
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113–40114, 45302, 44502, 44514, 44701–44702, 44721, 46308.
Subpart A—General
top§ 101.1 Applicability.top(a) This part prescribes rules governing the operation in the United States, of the following:(1) Except as provided for in §101.7, any balloon that is moored to the surface of the earth or an object thereon and that has a diameter of more than 6 feet or a gas capacity of more than 115cubic feet.(2) Except as provided for in §101.7, any kite that weighs more than 5 pounds and is intended to be flown at the end of a rope or cable.(3) Any amateur rocket except aerial firework displays.(4) Except as provided for in §101.7, any unmanned free balloon that—(i) Carries a payload package that weighs more than four pounds and has a weight/size ratio of more than three ounces per square inch on any surface of the package, determined by dividingthe total weight in ounces of the payload package by the area in square inches of its smallest surface;(ii) Carries a payload package that weighs more than six pounds;(iii) Carries a payload, of two or more packages, that weighs more than 12 pounds; or(iv) Uses a rope or other device for suspension of the payload that requires an impact force of more than 50 pounds to separate the suspended payload from the balloon.(b) For the purposes of this part, a gyroglider attached to a vehicle on the surface of the earth is considered to be a kite.[Doc. No. 1580, 28 FR 6721, June 29, 1963, as amended by Amdt. 101–1, 29 FR 46, Jan. 3, 1964; Amdt. 101–3, 35 FR 8213, May 26, 1970; Amdt. 101–8, 73 FR 73781, Dec. 4, 2008; 74 FR38092, July 31, 2009]§ 101.3 Waivers.
topNo person may conduct operations that require a deviation from this part except under a certificate of waiver issued by the Administrator.[Doc. No. 1580, 28 FR 6721, June 29, 1963]§ 101.5 Operations in prohibited or restricted areas.
topNo person may operate a moored balloon, kite, amateur rocket, or unmanned free balloon in a prohibited or restricted area unless he has permission from the using or controlling agency, asappropriate.[Doc. No. 1457, 29 FR 46, Jan. 3, 1964, as amended at 74 FR 38092, July 31, 2009]§ 101.7 Hazardous operations.
top(a) No person may operate any moored balloon, kite, amateur rocket, or unmanned free balloon in a manner that creates a hazard to other persons, or their property.(b) No person operating any moored balloon, kite, amateur rocket, or unmanned free balloon may allow an object to be dropped therefrom, if such action creates a hazard to other persons ortheir property.(Sec. 6(c), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))[Doc. No. 12800, 39 FR 22252, June 21, 1974, as amended at 74 FR 38092, July 31, 2009]
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• regulatory situation• on-demand?• portability?• hazardous?• range/resolution• robustness• precision, processing difficulty• cost, sustainable?• operation difficulty• weather conditions?
Aerial Platforms and Tradeoffs
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General AviationAerial Photography
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Kite Aerial Photography
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Balloon Aerial Photography
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Citizen Mapping? Grass Roots?
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• open source information, online community• access, inexpensive tools that are available to everyone• empowering citizens to collect information in more than a symbolic manner• producing and interpreting information that was once the sole demand of government and industry
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Aerial Image Processing-ground control points-gps log-existing georeferenced imagery
• raw images to mosaics • sorting stage• determine scale• analyze GPS data• obtain existing imagery• basic rescale/rotate/resize/distort • TMS publication
Crowdsourcing the Map Production
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