AIS Research Objectives
Forest management:
- fire monitoring and assisting with firefighting operations
- fire impact measurements and preparation for regeneration activities
- stand mapping, disease detection
- vegetation health assessment
- height and age estimation
- fertilization sensitivity stand exams
- regenerations surveys
- inventory and analysis
Agricultural applications:
- vineyard health and vigor
- crop assessment and yield
- area measurements
Forest protection applications:
- fire monitoring, hotspot detection
- boundary protection
- search and rescue and grow operation detection
Wildlife applications:
- fishery population estimation
- wildlife detection and tracking
- habitat assessment
- wildlife opening detection
Forest engineering applications:
- logging system design
- road and bridge design
- sale layout
- terrain modeling and slope stability assessment
Search and rescue operation applications:
- finding people in rugged and hard to reach areas
- reducing risk to search and rescue teams
- increasing the efficiency of search and rescue efforts