Rapid Aerial Assessment of Odisha Flood 2020 — A Case Study
By: Ig Drones
Tags: Case Study, Floods, Humanity, Drones, Technology

The world famous technologist, business leader and philanthropist, Bill Gates once said,

“Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help the society”

Today, the use of technology has become a necessity. Can we even imagine our lives without these advanced technologies? Answer, a big NO. With the advancing technologies and its widespread use in every sphere of our lives, the disaster management squads have now started using DRONES: one of the greatest boons of technology to the mankind, to assess the adversity of the natural calamity such as flood, tsunami or drought occurred in certain areas. And hence, carry out rescue operations suitably.

One must be wondering…..at places where the most skillful human tactics fail to analyze the severity of the situation, how can a mere device like IG Drone emerge out victorious?

Researching about the cause of natural disasters, proper assessment of the damaged infrastructure, identification of people trapped under debris; alive or dead, is not a man’s cup of tea. That is exactly when IG Drones come to rescue!

IG Drones Capability

With its advanced software, IG Drones can capture high-resolution, real-time images of even the most inaccessible locations .The high-resolution photos and thermal images helps to identify the issues in a particular site in a very short span of time. It provides excellent and practical solutions for the rapid assessment of the natural disaster-affected areas that enables the squad to carry out the rescue operations in a faster and efficient way.

Computer generated orthomosaic of a village with the help of images acquired by IG Drone

Team IG Flood Assessment

We, as a team has always aimed at working collectively towards making the use of technology for a noble cause; aiding people during crucial times. Recently, our team assessed the entire situation in the flood-affected state of Odisha with the help of sophisticated IG Drones.

IG Pilot in action for mapping the flooded area

Finding out the intensity of the flood in the affected areas, locating the flood victims or the people stuck in an area seeking help were the various aspects we focused working on. Not just that, large chunks of affected areas were being mapped with the help of our drones which proved effective in the quantification of losses by the help of the 3D models generated. The mapped areas not only provided an estimated damage percentage but also clearly marked out the elements affected in the social outfit. The data captured were used in the preparing hazard maps in order to plan the prevention and mitigation measures for reducing damage caused due to disaster in future. Unbelievable! But true.

Rising Like a Phoenix

Despite the challenges faced by our team, we left no stones unturned in carrying out the post-disaster analysis with a systematic approach and in making a quite an accurate output out of the resources with every minute details.

Watch our latest Youtube Video on our efforts to map the remotest parts of water logged villages.

Our approach to the whole situation was quite simple, holistic and well-controlled. Above everything else, the ultimate goal of helping people in the direst situations was fulfilled. The purpose behind creating IG Drone was finally served.

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