Coding and Drones -Hawkesbay
According to latest reports by senseFly parrot group drones are an asset to all forms of environmental monitoring and conservation and are being widely adopted by environmental engineers. ‘Drones (or UAVs/UAS) offer quick, easy and cost-effective insights, on-demand. Their application meanwhile varies widely, from glacial modelling to coastal erosion tracking, species identification and population assessments’. A special issue of Sensors (2018) journal “UAV Sensors for Environmental Monitoring" outlines the many advantageous uses of unmanned drones for environmental benefits.
Hastings Year 7 and 8 intermediate students were able to actualise this process through the collaborative workshop between PTC Trust and Mitchell from the Noel Leeming group. Youth thoroughly enjoyed the experience of learning to code and then to fly these drones identifying rubbish, plastics and waste generated across their school.
