9 Dec 2016

Digital mapping of Antarctica

From Afternoons, 1:19 pm on 9 December 2016
Barbara Bollard Breen ithe The AUT team on the ice

Barbara Bollard Breen ithe The AUT team on the ice Photo: Supplied

Professor Barbara Bollard-Breen uses drones to map the specially protected area around Scott Base in Antarctica.

Using drones, her group made a 'photo mosciac', or digital map, of Scott's hut to be used in conservation management and maybe even gaming.

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