Humanitarian
Why Use Humanitarian Drones?
Applications
Thanks to their high-resolution, cost-effective insights, humanitarian drones are today being employed across a range of sectors, by organisations as diverse as The World Bank and Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining.
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Case studies
Using drones for urban mapping & flood prevention in Dar es Salaam
The World Bank teamed up with Drone Adventures, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap and the Tanzanian Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) to conduct urban mapping projects using senseFly eBee drones.
ReadThe potential of aerial platforms in a ‘rapid’ emergency response context
This European Commission report finds that compared to satellite imaging sources, unmanned aerial platforms offer "significant benefits due to their higher flexibility in deployment, potentially better timeliness and more advanced technical capabilities".
Read“The main orthophoto the drone data produced is already being used for roof print digitisation, and we’re planning to use the digital model for inundation mapping. I see drones as having great cross-sectoral potential.”
Edward Anderson
Senior Technology & Innovation Specialist, The World Bank, Tanzania