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Walnut Creek, CA
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in UAV's for the purpose of Community Emergency Response. I am part of an extensive CERT organization in Northern California. Following a major earthquake, we need to put our limited people in areas of heaviest damage. Wondering if drones are a viable solution to quickly find areas of extensive damage and high victim concentration.
Hometown:
Walnut Creek, CA
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"Thisvideo causes me to think the package for this scenario might be:
- RVJet
- APM 2.5
- Mission Planner Software
I wonder if we could get citizens in our CERT Area to agree to placing colored cones outside their homes to indicate Immediate /…"
- RVJet
- APM 2.5
- Mission Planner Software
I wonder if we could get citizens in our CERT Area to agree to placing colored cones outside their homes to indicate Immediate /…"
"Link to a google spreadsheet where we are comparing alternative configurations:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AswrjBCPE8DGdE1yTzk1Q3..."
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AswrjBCPE8DGdE1yTzk1Q3..."
"I just created an online google spreadsheet that anyone with the link, below, can access.
The purpose is to consider different configurations and come up with a best practice system to accomplish the mission above.
If you click in, you'll see the…"
The purpose is to consider different configurations and come up with a best practice system to accomplish the mission above.
If you click in, you'll see the…"
"Gary, I just read Gene's bio at the back of this book. He just emailed me the pdf of his book. Looks like you've teleported us to the center of the SAR/UAV world. Thank you. "
"Helistorm: Just read your message, below. *Great* to have you. Our scenario, above, is earthquake-centric, motivated by the location of our CERT organization in Northern California, but hopefully it maps to other CERT missions like hurricane,…"
"Gene Robinson's book on the topic at the sUAS website (Thanks, Gary!):
http://www.suasnews.com/first-to-deploy/"
http://www.suasnews.com/first-to-deploy/"
"Thank you, Gary! I just ordered the book. Exactly the type of thing we're looking for. "
"Video of a quad copter being used to search for victims in a building following an earthquake in italy:
http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/terremoto-emilia-20-maggio/il-ca..."
http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/terremoto-emilia-20-maggio/il-ca..."
"Next steps:
- Define a scenario challenge including success metrics
- Ask experts to start responding with questions, system hypotheses
- Recruit members to this group"
- Define a scenario challenge including success metrics
- Ask experts to start responding with questions, system hypotheses
- Recruit members to this group"
