Drones are a game-changer for inspecting numerous structures
including:
• Bridges
• Power lines
• Cell towers
• Buildings
• Roofing
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Oil pipelines and rigs
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Nuclear plants (radiation measurement)
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Thermal analysis of buildings
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Gas refinery flare tips
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Water treatment facilities
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Wind turbines
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Smoke stacks
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Hydroelectric plants
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Ships
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Solar arrays
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Historical monuments
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Railways
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Highways (overpasses, tunnels)
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Large equipment (cranes, earth movers)
Conservation
Biologist and climatologists face many dicult challenges in
their fight to save our planet’s endangered species and their
habitats. They must cover vast, arduous-to-navigate locations.
Planning expeditions is expensive, laborious, and time consum-
ing. Conservationists have perished from encountering armed
poachers. Many over the years have died flying in light aircraft at
low altitudes for their observations. Out of dire necessity, scien-
tists have welcomed the many advantages gained using sUAVs
to eciently complete their work. The speed, safety, and time
and cost savings are wonderful. However, the greatest benefit
may be the wealth of data from high-resolution images and sen-
sors never before seen, much less gathered. It seems drones
have given conservationists renewed hope.
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