BARNARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED

helping you keep an eye on things...

unmanned air ...

applications I

Countryside watch

• Detect illegal dumping of waste, or, toxic materials

• Monitor the drought regions in a continent and the expansion of the desert and other uninhabitable areas.

Photograph clearly showing the extent of a tree “blow down” area. From Heavy_blowdown_4_files.bmp

• Monitor countryside attributes, using visual and thermal imaging:

• forest fires
• wild animal poaching and illegal fishing
• land temperatures
• tree “blow-down” in a forest after a hurricane, or, following a heavy snowfall

Photograph clearly showing the sources of fires in a forest. From Forest Fire “Aerial during burn.jpg”

Above and the three images below from a presentation by Lt Col Agoston Restas on " Using small UAVs for forest fire reconnaissance ..." at the UAV 2007 Conference in Paris.

Above and below from presentation by Enric Pastor on " Project Sky-Eye: applying UAVs to forest fire fighter support and monitoring" at the UAV 2007 Conference in Paris.

Showing deforestation region, in the Amazon rain forest. From Deforestation Reuters AmznForestClrg.jpg

Deforestation in the rain forests in Madagascar. From http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Deforestation.html

• Monitor agricultural attributes:

• opium plantations
• deforestation

• Keep track of animal herds without disturbing the animals

Showing an aerial view of wildlife in a game park. From 002620TB.jpg

• Spot illegal:

• poaching in game reserves
• coral removal from the sea bed
• whaling

• Identify any destruction of the natural habitat for birds

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