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> It's also extremely difficult to spot anything small than an entire human being on the drone's camera. That One of the articles mentioned a local fire dept h
by dmix 3y ago
> It's also extremely difficult to spot anything small than an entire human being on the drone's camera. That
One of the articles mentioned a local fire dept had a drone with thermals which helped find a 14yr old boy lost in a remote area. That would certainly help. From the videos I’ve seen from Ukraine thermals are a huge advantage for finding people.
- nateberkopec 3y agoThat may be true. My unit didn't have a thermal camera setup. However, we're not always looking for live subjects that will give off a thermal signature, and thermal cameras don't help with spotting inanimate objects. I would say we found signs of the subject's passage (equipment, footsteps) 80% of the time before finding the actual subject.
- nathancahill 3y agoI worked with an imaging and aerial mission company in Colorado, and indeed thermal was used in the vast majority of search and rescue missions. Not useful for recovery, but for time sensitive operations it was critical.