Webinar: Drones for restoration monitoring and planning - by OpenForests & One Tree Planted
Channel: OpenForests
Date: 12/07/2021

In this webinar, you will learn the basics of drones, how to carry out mapping missions and generate 3D models, Digital Elevation Models and orthomosaics employing photogrammetry techniques. (Check the chapters below)

Chapter index
0:00 Welcome
4:45 Presentation of One Tree Planted and Partners 
10:47 About OpenForests (https://openforests.com)
12:41 Outline of the presentation
15:28 What are drones?
24:03 Drones vs. Satellites vs. Airborne
30:35 Sensors
32:00 Photogrammetry
38:05 Which drone to acquire?
42:34 Planning and executing a mapping mission
54:10 Mission demonstration
1:03:36 Mapping applications and analysis
1:07:45 Aerial Panoramas
1:09:18 Webmaps & https://explorer.land
1:11:35 Security issues & Legal situation
1:13:23 Q&A and final words

Additional videos: 
Flight demonstration: https://youtu.be/guTBX1viJGo
Demonstration of photogrammetry  software: https://youtu.be/axo8XGrEKd0


- ABOUT THIS WEBINAR - 
In this webinar, you will learn the basics of drones and how to map with them using photogrammetry techniques. Based on 10 years of experience, Dr. Patrick Ribeiro shares some fundamental aspects to consider when carrying out a mapping mission of forest landscapes. 

The session took place the 8th of July 2021 and was carried out in collaboration with One Tree Planted.

- ABOUT THE PRESENTER -
Dr. Patrick Ribeiro is co-founder and CEO of OpenForests. He has been responsible for the development of drone-based forestry and conservation applications, as well as the execution of mapping missions for 10 years in countries such as Germany, Portugal, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Indonesia. He is currently responsible for the development of the explorer.land, where drone imagery plays an important role. Patrick holds a PhD. in Physics. 
Connect to Patrick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patribus/

- ABOUT THE MODERATOR - 
Ross Bernet is the Forestry and Monitoring Specialist at One Tree Planted. He got his start in restoration ecology in 2011 when he was the program manager for a Haitian agroforestry NGO. Since then, he received his Master’s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental studies. He is passionate about the intersection of Nature and Technology.

- LINKS -
One Tree Planted: https://onetreeplanted.org
OpenForests: https://openforests.com
explorer.land: https://explorer.land