1. REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AS A TOOL FOR RESEARCH IN NATURAL SCIENCES

Drones are not new, nor are natural sciences researchers, but just recently discovering their utility as research tools. They represent a cutting-edge technology, which is way ahead of its time. Today’s drones are affordable, portable, usable, and capable of taking a brand new type of data that were not at researchers hands few years ago. But using a drone as a research tool is not an easy task. It is necessary, in most countries, to have a licence, but also to learn the necessary know-how for your data collection to be safe and strait ahead, that is, without loosing your equipment and your time.

The main objective of this course is to present the capabilities of the RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) to obtain new data for research in different scenarios within the broad field of the natural sciences.

PROGRAMME

 

Monday  July 10 th

9.00 - 9.30  Welcome to the students.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

9.30 - 11.30  Why RPAS are becoming important in research
in natural sciences? An introduction to RPAS.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop 1: Mission planning
and execution. In situ data collection and pre-processing.
(Dr. Luis Barbero and Dr. Carlos García, University of Cádiz)

 

Tuesday July 11 th

9.30 - 11.30  The use of RPAS in conservation biology.
(Dra. Margarita Mulero, Swiss Ornithological Institute)

11.30 – 12.oo Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop 2: Introduction to image processing.
(Dr. Gabriel Navarro, ICMAN-CSIC)

 

Wednesday July 12 th

9.30 - 11.30  Practical workshop 3: Image processing.
(Dr. Gabriel Navarro, ICMAN-CSIC)

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 RPAS in geology and related areas.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

 

Thursday July 13 th

9.30 - 11.30  Precision photogrametry with RPAS.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop 4: Generation of point clouds, 3D models and Digital surface and terrain models.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

 

Friday July 14 th

9.30 - 11.30  RPAS in ecology and oceanography.
(Dr. Ed Morris, University of Cádiz; Dr. Gabriel Navarro, ICMAN-CSIC)

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Precision agriculture with RPAS.
(Dr. Luis Barbero, University of Cádiz)

 

 

Dates: July 10 th-14 th

Course Director:
Dr. Luis Barbero González

Department of Earth Sciences,
Faculty of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Cádiz, Spain

Speakers:
Dr. Luis Barbero González

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cádiz

 

Dra. Margarita Mulero Pázmány

Swiss Ornithological Institute

 

Dr. Gabriel Navarro Almendros

Andalusian Institute of Marine Sciences-CSIC

 

Dr. Edward Morris

Department of Biology, University of Cádiz

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REGISTRATION

 

Students interested in taking part in the course must register via the website and pay the course fee (200 € ) before June 10th, 2017. The fee covers admission to the sessions and the activities included in the final programme of the course.