Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
University of British Columbia
$77,004.00
EDIFI-empowering drone innovation in the forestry industry
EF 2017-18
Résumé
Acquisition of remote sensing data is undergoing a revolution with a large number of new, innovativeplatforms all promising to deliver high quality and timely remote sensing imagery. One key growth area isunmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) which can fly autonomously.UAV's offer a unique perspective to dataacquisition as they potentially can be more cost effective for acquiring very high spatial resolution imagerycompared to conventional manned aircraft or satellite.In this CRD grant we have developed a srong and robust collaboration with Spire Aerobotics Inc., a BC based company specializing in acquiring and processing UAV data. The company has a successful history of data acquisition and isintimately aware of the regulations and requirements for UAV data capture in BC and beyond. In this CRD we will focuson a number of key forestry application UAV case studies, which will serve as research demonstration cases for thecompany to continue to develop applications in the forestry market.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
British Columbia, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
507166-2016
Name nom
Coops, Nicholas
Department département
Forest Resources Management
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
77004
Program id
CRDPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
400
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Environment
Area of application fr
Environnement
Research subject code
1301
Research subject group en
Forest engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie forestier
Research subject en
Forest management
Research subject fr
Aménagement forestier
Partie
1
Nb partie
2
Application title
EDIFI-empowering drone innovation in the forestry industry
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Acquisition of remote sensing data is undergoing a revolution with a large number of new, innovativeplatforms all promising to deliver high quality and timely remote sensing imagery. One key growth area isunmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) which can fly autonomously.UAV's offer a unique perspective to dataacquisition as they potentially can be more cost effective for acquiring very high spatial resolution imagerycompared to conventional manned aircraft or satellite.In this CRD grant we have developed a srong and robust collaboration with Spire Aerobotics Inc., a BC based company specializing in acquiring and processing UAV data. The company has a successful history of data acquisition and isintimately aware of the regulations and requirements for UAV data capture in BC and beyond. In this CRD we will focuson a number of key forestry application UAV case studies, which will serve as research demonstration cases for thecompany to continue to develop applications in the forestry market.
