Altair: Using Unmanned Aircraft to Map Forest Fires

The start of a new joint NASA-Forest Service program to provide real-time maps of forest fires has been delayed until next week, CNet reports, which gives us a look at the program, which supplements satellite-based data with sensor data collected by Altair unmanned aircraft — a variant of the military Predator.

See previous entries: EFFIS; Fire!

Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 8:38 AM
Categories: Environment

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While not unmanned, here is another way LA City Fire Fighters are mapping wildfires.

http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0706/files/onthefly.pdf

James Fee | 08/29/2006 at 10:06 AM | #

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