1. Drones for Impact
Uses of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Transport

2. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV)

3. Global drone market
Global commercial drone market estimated at USD 552 million in 2014 and expected to grow at rate of 16.9% over the forecast period ( ).
Commercial Drone Market Analysis By Product (Fixed Wing, Rotary Blade, Nano, Hybrid), By Application (Agriculture, Energy, Government, Media & Entertainment) And Segment Forecasts To Grand View Research, Jan 2016

4. Advantages Very high spatial resolution (up to 1cm/px) 3D modeling
Not affected by cloud coverage
High temporal resolution
Technology
Costs
Innovations
Capital cost 500 to 50,000 USD for a drone (500,000 to 1M for helicopter)
Operational cost USD per hour for a drone (2500 USD per hour for helicopter)

5. Image Comparisons

6. 3D modeling

7. Applications in development projects
Aerial assessments
Data collection and analytics
Mapping
Early warning systems
Disaster relief
Environmental monitoring
Delivery

8. Medicine and blood delivery
Zipline, Rwanda

9. Applications in transport operations
Arial progress images and videos
Time-laps videos
Quick site familiarization
Inspection of hazardous/unsafe areas
Predictive data collection (flooding estimates, risk of bridge collapse based on stream and river debris)

10. Deeper project insight
3D model of site
Exact measurements
Daily monitoring of progress
Generate topographical drawings
Estimate earthwork quantities
Quality control inspection
Detecting illegal land uses and practices

11. Applications for transport IEs
Land rights mapping, cadastral surveys
Survey listings, sample frames: quick aerial settlement and population counts and evaluations
Mapping migration, urban expansion, temporary settlements (slums, IDP/refugee camps)
Agriculture: crop yield estimations, optimizing input use, threat mitigation, validation of treatments, forecasts

12. Example Workflow -3 months Flights -2 months Permits, contracts, ...
Define problem, parameters, times, collaborators, check regulations and local government partners, ...
Flights
Traveling between sites
Flights
Pre-processing images
-2 months
Permits, contracts, ...
-2 weeks
Ensure all hardware is ready
days
Processing and delivery of the product (imagery)

13. World Bank resources 2 drones & geospatial data processing: Resources:
Geospatial Operations Support Team (GOST)
Resources:
Satellite State of Play: landscape.satsummit.io
UAV State of Play: bit.ly/uav4dev