I have been thinking quite a bit recently about the use of UAS in disaster response, and most particularly who may use this technology. Assuming for the moment we will have volunteers flying this gear, one wonders if a very basic system would be better than more and more complex systems. I could imagine a very basic out of the box solution which requires little more knowledge to use than understanding a smartphone. The "operator" could point and click their way through a simple, yet helpful, aerial survey. A basic JIT training would be all that would be needed to turn a CERT team member into a "drone operator," for this very specific purpose. Along these lines, I intend to start researching, testing, and possibly developing simple unmanned aerial systems.
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