During the recent site visit, wiL had a chance to try out his Kite Aerial Photography unit (KAP). After converting his apartment into a makeshift shop, he fabricated some mounting hardware and remote controlled servo motors, and mounted his digital camera to a kite. When he got to the dam site, he launched the kite a few hundred feet into the air, and used the remote control to snap off some cool photos of the earthen dam (with construction in progress).
Prior to launching the KAP unit, we had no reliable maps and no legible satellite imagery. The KAP was an inexpensive improvisation that allowed us to quickly obtain reliable data. We'll use the photos (along with our conventional survey data) to more closely define the project scope, perform a hydrological study, and hopefully reduce overall project costs.
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