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Mapping Humanitarian Aid with UAVs

Shelter Meeting SM14Rob Fielding10 October 2014

Not for profit

Partners

Client Agency - Medair

Parent Company

Pre Mission Objectives

Deploy the eBee to photograph and map high

resolution imagery of

disaster affected communities

within Medair’s area of

operations in the Philippines:

• Improve awareness in the general public of positive uses for drone technologies through a demonstration of its use in the humanitarian context.

• Provide information for informed decision-making in shelter programming and support.

Mission Results - for the community

1. Contact and access to Community Leaders

Easier access to local authorities at a high level. They were very interested in the project. Personal time and involvement of the Major of Tacloban for example.

Mission Results - for the community

2. Maps for the communities

Produce a high resolution photograph for key settlement areas in selected Barangays.

3. Identifying locations of beneficiaries

Plotting the location of shelters built by Medair.

Mission Results - for the community

Mission Results - for the community

4. Help resolve Housing Land and Property boundary issues.

5. Provide base maps and plans for accurate cadastral maps.

6. Enables a community to plan areas of development.

7. Identifies areas of risks and hazards.

8.Repeat mapping will show rate of change of the post disaster recovery.

Mission Results - for Medair

1. Increased brand visibility and recognition in beneficiary communities.

2. Maps are likely to be on the walls of the LGU offices for many years.

3. Provides more evidence based and visual information for our institutional donors.

4. Attracts interest from people following technology and innovation.

7. Early adopter advantage of using this technology in the Humanitarian World.

5. Invitations to participate and share experiences with a wide network.

6. Enables responses to be more effective.

Outputs

Philippines - Phase I - Progressive Core Shelters – Dulag

Philippines - High Level Resolution Aerial Photograph Maps of Dulag

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Future Responses Planned

Repeat visit to the Philippines – 12 months on.

Roll out to other countries – Madagascar, DR Congo

Use other types of UAVs – technically easier, flexible and cheaper.

Rapid emergency deployment capacity

Challenges for Humanitarian work

Negative perception of Drones.

Humanitarians often work in conflict zones

Establishing protocols and SOPs

OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian community of practice – uavitar.com

Visit Medair.org

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