Student-built UAV Does Thermal Imaging for Ground Water
Five UW-Madison mechanical engineering student refitted the plane for use in remote sensing for the UW-Madison Water Resources Institute.
The plane was designed to fly a selected route on autopilot while snapping thermal infrared photos of the terrain below. These low elevation photos provide much more detail than satellite imagery at a significantly lower cost than sending a piloted plane to do the same job. The thermal photos will help map areas where cold groundwater springs enter surface streams, an important first step toward implementing the state’s new groundwater protection law, 2003 Wisconsin Act 310.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison News
by Adena Schutzberg on 08/15 at 09:15 AM |
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