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Richard McShane, White Knight Unmanned Aerial Systems delivered the presentation at the 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry. The 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry explored the enormous potential of UAVs within mining and resources operations. For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.informa.com.au/uavresourcesconference14
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UAS and Environmental Management
A New Paradigm
Richard McShane
Business Development Manager
UAS: A New Paradigm
“ The Unmanned aerial vehicle’s given us the opportunity to shoot shots that we really didn’t
think were possible. It’s really opened up so many new options for us…..The possibilities in
the future are pretty much endless.”
Aaron Smith, Director of Photography, Plonk!, 2014
UAS: A New Paradigm
UAS in Environmental Management
• Environmental regulatory compliance
• Subsidence Monitoring
• Fauna Stocktake and habitat monitoring
• Fire analysis and investigation
• Other evolving uses
Environmental Regulatory Compliance
“Due to the quantities of stored materials, the size or layout of the premises, the operation proposes the use of
Remotely Piloted Aircraft to assist in Surveying each property.”
NSW Environmental Protection Agency, <Operation Details Removed>, 2014
Case Study – A property near Canberra
Original Intelligence
New View
A New Baseline
GPS Tagged Hot Spots
Instant rapport with stakeholders
The inaccessible made accessible
The inaccessible made accessible
Volumetric data to support clean-up orders
Case Study – A property near Canberra
“We are all well impressed with the video, it’s awesome, definitely proof of concept for that phase of the trial for us.”
EPA Officer (Name Removed), June 2014
Subsidence Monitoring
To understand the potential impact of construction developments and mining
operations on the environment.
Subsidence Monitoring
• Traditional surveying techniques (levelling, Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM), height traversing, etc) are time consuming and limited in the spatial extent of the information that it can provide1.
• UAS aerial survey provides a dense point cloud over the ENTIRE monitoring area
• Repeated measurement over a longer duration with no fixed infrastructure
• Single use versus multiple use output products
1McClusky and Tregoning, ANU, 2013
A detailed points cloud provides a greater span of monitoring
Fauna Stocktake and Habitat Monitoring
Fauna Stocktake
• Using Thermal Imagery cameras
• Negligible disturbance to fauna
• Identification of invasive species
• No impact by staff and rangers in gathering data and evidence
• Low disturbance = better count
• Visual evidence gathering
© United State Geological Survey National UAS Project Office
Complete disinterest
Habitat Monitoring
• Negligible disturbance to flora
• Identification of invasive species
Identification of Invasive Species
Case Study – Macquarie Wetlands
Domestic cattle invading heritage-listed Wetlands
Wildlife tracks exacerbated by Cattle
Effect of fire after lightening strike
Fire analysis and investigation
Fire Investigation
Case Study – Winery near Canberra
• Identification of point of origin
• Provided evidence to insurance company
• Identifies scale of damage
Fire Investigation
Case Study – Canberra Public Area
• Identification of point of origin
• Provided forensic evidence
• Enables tracking of regrowth
The Old Paradigm
• Aerial photography is too expensive
• Aerial photography lacks definition
• Survey can’t provide the granularity and breadth without the on-ground risks
We’ve never thought to use aerial photography or survey for this before!
The New Paradigm
UAS operators will not identify the next wave of UAS uses; our customers will.
Our job is to discuss the art of the possible…then implement it.
Me. 2014.
Thank you! Any Questions?