Design and Development of a System for Aerial Video Survey of Large Marine Animals
Oge Marques
Sagar Aghera
Waazim Reza
Rafael Giusti
Asif Rahman
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Design and Development of a System for Aerial Video Survey of Large Marine Animals | ||
| Published in: | Engineering for a Smarter Planet: Innovation, ITC, and Computational Tools for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology | |
| Date of Conference: | August 3-5, 2011 | |
| Location of Conference: | Medellin, Colombia | |
| Authors: | Hari Kalva Oge Marques Sagar Aghera Waazim Reza Rafael Giusti Asif Rahman | |
| Refereed Paper: | #148 | |
Abstract | ||
| Population counts of large marine animals and associated tasks are currently performed using aerial surveys by human observers. Six hour-long survey sessions are common, and could lead to fatigue and visibility biases which affects the quality of the results. Survey quality can be improved implementing a video recording system that allows post-flight analysis intended to look for the presence of marine animals. In this paper we present the design and development of a system to record the video of the regions being monitored by human observers. One of the key challenges is to meet the requirements of the biologists and closely follow current aerial observation practices. The system is designed to meet the needs of biologists performing sea-turtle observation on the east coast of Florida. Nonetheless, the system is designed to be flexible to meet any other requirements, for example, different targets such as seals, dolphins, whales, or boats. | ||