| Unmanned Airborne
Vehicle Imagery for Domestic Emergency Response
& Natural Resource Survey: Deployment, Operations, & Applications The UAV (Unmanned Airborne Vehicle(s) Workshop, sponsored and coordintated by Federal, State, Academia, and local organizations will provide a forum for evaluating the opportunity for awareness, understanding, contribution, and advancing the deployment, processing, and applications of UAV platforms and imagery data for first responders search & rescue and various natural resource damage assessment surveys. As a result from lessons learned of the historic impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, August/September of 2005, on loss of human lives; infrastructure damage; levee damage; hazardous/non-hazardous debris impact; coastal erosion and damage demonstrated a quick and immediate response imagery and geospatial data requirement need. Within hours after Katrina/Rita had passed first responders and search & rescue personnel required immediate Katrina/Rita event imagery/geospatial information on coordination of locating and transporting local inhabitants to safe zones and location placement of law enforcement personnel in securing designated commercial and residential areas. In addition, hurricanes Katrina/Rita tremendous affect on infrastructure damage, levee damage, hazardous/non-hazardous debris impact, coastal erosion and damage also required immediate assessments, surveys and coordination for rapid post event imagery. Quick response imagery for support of domestic emergency response and natural resource survey activities can be obtain by UAV platform imagery assets. Also UAV platform imagery data can be useful to coordinate and plan conventional damage (blue roof assessments) and other planned recovery orthoimagery coverage overflights. The 2 day UAV workshop will be comprised of selected presentations,
demonstrations, panel sessions, and exhibits/displays. There is
no registration fee required for the workshop but registration for
the workshop is necessary to coordinate support requirements for
the workshop. Workshop website: rac.louisiana.edu |
