[OSM-talk] OpenDroneMap and Portable OSM (POSM)

[Dan Joseph]

Hi Oleksiy,
Thanks for all the links and materials. Lots of good points. Looking
forward to reading through it.
All the best,
Dan

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Oleksiy Muzalyev <
oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch> wrote:

> On 02/09/16 22:06, Dan Joseph wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> The American Red Cross GIS Team is constantly looking for new ways to
> improve our workflows and learn from the OpenStreetMap and FOSS4G
> communities. The vast majority of the GIS analysis and map making we do is
> done using FOSS4G tools and we strive to be effective contributors as well
> as consumers.
>
> We've supported the development of Portable OSM (POSM <https://github.com/
> AmericanRedCross/posm> as an affordable (can be run on hardware costing
> less than $300) solution to make OpenStreetMap, OpenMapKit, and Field
> Papers available for deployments in connectivity-limited environments. POSM
> consolidates cloud-based tools into a portable server that acts as a
> temporary local data hub for digital mapping, surveying, and field media
> collection.
>
> The next stage of development is working with the folks at Stamen to
> incorporate OpenDroneMap (for processing UAV imagery) into the stack of
> software available for installation on a POSM. We'd love to hear your
> thoughts, concerns, use-cases, and other comments. Send us an email or
> leave an issue on the POSM GitHub repository <https://github.com/
> americanredcross/posm/issues>.
>
> - Dan Joseph
>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I use RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft systems) quite a lot for aerial
> photography and videography, both multirotor and fixed-wing. I fly in
> geographical regions for which there are orthorectified images, so I make
> mostly oblique aerial photographs and aerial videos. In Google Map there is
> a feature that one can see how many times his uploaded images were viewed.
> So I uploaded some of them to Google Maps to see if people are interested
> to view such oblique aerial images in relation to a map location. The
> result is six hundred aerial images were viewed more than seven million
> times already [1]. So it seems there is an interest.
>
> I also add aerial images and aerial videos to Wikipedia and then add
> wikipedia tag to the OSM map [2].
>
> The main issue with using a multirotor (quadcopter) for aerial photography
> is that its range is only 2 - 3 kilometers. It takes several hours to drive
> to an object and then it takes just twenty minutes to film it from the air.
> There is already technology with the long range of 40 and more kilometers,
> for example Dragonlink V3 [3]. For such a long range it would be already
> not a quad but a fixed-wing aircraft, and electric glider.
>
> Instead of long driving by car an electric glider could fly directly to an
> object and make aerial images and video. Glider has got only one motor and
> on a quiet day it does not even need it all the time, just to climb, and
> then it can glide for a while without a motor.
>
> But to pilot a long range RPAS one would need a special Permit for the
> operation of drones without direct eye contact [4]. And to obtain such a
> permit there should be an internal formal training and internal
> certification. A pilot of long range RPAS must know meteorology, weather
> patterns, know how to make defensive maneuvers in case of a large bird
> attack (not to hurt a protected bird and not to crash a RPAS), how to react
> to low flying manned aircraft, and many other things.
>
> Dragonlink V3 costs 336 USD, an electric glider with the wing span of two
> or more meters capable to carry a GoPro (or better) camera costs from 179.-
> USD [5]. So it is affordable and doable. With the range of 40+ km the
> aerial photography becomes scalable, and it has got a potential to change
> mapping. However, having a background in civil aviation [6], I am aware
> that for successful safe operations the formal training and certification
> are essential. Civil aviation authorities of a country should see that this
> is a serious organization, with a serious approach, otherwise no one will
> let us into an airspace.
>
> There is a special equipment for training readily available. For example,
> popular Spektrum and Futaba radio controllers have got wireless
> instructor-student link, so a student can pilot an RPAS without any risk,
> as an instructor can take control any moment.
>
> [1] https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/101802068168905320382/
> photos/@46.4410425,16.1201149,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon_Castle (same video on youtube
> https://youtu.be/GsSVZfiJFnA )
>      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyon-Castle-aerial-1.jpg
>
>      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi_fortress (same
> video on youtube https://youtu.be/C-kQjmzlY7A )
>      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akkerman-fortress-
> aerial-1.jpg
>      etc.
>
> [3] http://dragonlinkrc.com/
>
> [4] https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home/good-to-know%20/
> drones-and-aircraft-models/permits-for-the-operation-of-
> drones-without-direct-eye-contact-o.html
>
> [5] http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFL4750#home
>
> [6] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwIBJzM0u50qOXZ5bnFEZi1hTGM
>
> Best regards,
>
> Oleksiy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_(given_name) )
>
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