Wednesday, October 14, 2015

How Vermont Used Drones After a Train Derailment

How Vermont Used Drones After a Train Derailment
When an Amtrak train went off its tracks in the forests outside of Northfield, Vermont, Oct. 5, state authorities needed pictures of the site to determine how best to respond and to document the damage for later investigations. So they decided to call in the drones, operated by the Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Vermont. Within two hours, the university’s drone disaster response teams were flying their fixed-wing […]
 


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