Language: English
This session consists of 3 presentations
12:00 - 13:00 THE APPLICATIONS OF DRONES IN SAFETY AND DISASTER RESILIENCE
In this session we will provide an overview of the role UAV-derived imagery and related geodata processing play in disaster risk management, especially in post-disaster damage and recovery assessment, as well as routine infrastructure monitoring, all within the framework of how to achieve or increase resilience. We will explain the utility of drones that range from microdevices weighing less than 40g, to more sophisticated hybrid platforms that combine flight behaviours of both airplanes and helicopters, and that can be equipped with a variety of sensors. We will demonstrate how (i) the data can be integrated, (ii) linked to existing data such as BIM models, (iii) processed in real-time, including onboard of the UAV, and (iv) how different forms of machine learning can be used for semantic scene understanding or the identification of features related to damages. This will be illustrated with data from the new ITC building (Langezijds).