Drone Surveys, Mapping & Monitoring Strategies

Learn advanced drone techniques including how to set up a monitoring survey site

If you are looking to undertake drone mapping surveys this is the course you need! 

I will teach you how to accurately and effectively plan and conduct drone mapping surveys as well as provide you with an overview of automated analysis and reporting tools to support your environmental monitoring efforts.

You will receive an overview of mapping applications, relevant payload sensors as well as obtain practical experience using some of the most popular drone survey, mapping and analysis software available today! Topics include flight planning, site evaluations, flight and field data collection required to ensure that your drone surveys, mapping and data collection techniques are accurate and effective! The skills you acquire in this course will allow you to turn your drone data into high-quality orthomosaic maps so that you can make true-to-scale 3D measurements and the ability to export and remotely share your geospatial drone data and information.

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My Approach

Transforming how we work together to create ecosystem-based information

  • Building Capacity & Understanding

    I firmly believe that we need to work to strengthening people’s technological skills to allow us to collaboratively work together to better understand & create holistic information for our environmental challenges as well as allow for the development of effective ‘locally-relevant’ solutions.

  • Mapping & Monitoring Techiques

    I have extensively research and developed a comprehensive drone mapping and monitoring methodology using off-the-shelf drone technologies so that you can quickly and easily plan and conduct mapping surveys to create accurate mapping data to aid your planning, monitoring and management decisions.

  • Create & Share Information

    My unique 'Participatory UAS' Approach will allow you to effectively use your drone mapping data to map and create understandable information but also how to leverage automated analytic dashboards & reporting tools to summarize and remotely share using web-mapping and social media platforms.

All of my training courses include access to

To support your learning journey

  • Live Cohort Courses with Coaching

    Unlike other virtual training - all of my courses are run 'live' as 'cohorts' where you'll learn along together with a small group of students. Besides our class time together - each week I also host office hours to answer any of your questions. Additionally you'll have access to my private Facebook community where I share share any industry news & tips and the group can chat more about drones & we can celebrate our achievements together!

  • Archive of Learning Resources

    You will have access to my complete 'drone & geospatial' resource library that I have been compiling since 2015. My archive is updated quarterly and includes useful reports, users guides, documents, blogs, research articles, videos, podcasts, links to my favorite websites plus free online training courses - categorized by industry and applications for easy reference!

  • Checklists, Datasheets & Logbooks

    Ensure that your drone operations meet international commercial operating standards! Based on my Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that I've developed for my own commercial drone operations - I will provide you with flight & equipment checklists, data sheets, pilot reporting logs as well as forms for evaluating flight requests, flight planning and maintenance procedures.

Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

I am Dr. Kim Baldwin, a marine ecologist and commercial drone pilot with over 20 years of experience conducting environmental field research and teaching in the Caribbean. As the Director of Marine Spatial Information Solutions (MarSIS), my mission is to empower individuals with the skills and tools to easily collect, understand, and create holistic geospatial information. Together, we can collaboratively develop practical solutions to effectively manage our environment.

Throughout my career, I have trained hundreds of individuals and large organizations across the Caribbean and California in safely flying drones, undertaking commercial operations, and implementing mapping and monitoring strategies. By equipping them with the necessary skills, they are able to collect, analyze, and widely share environmental information, ultimately improving collaborative environmental management.

Over the years, I have refined my stakeholder engagement and mapping techniques, and I am excited to teach you a straightforward approach that can be easily applied to any industry-specific environmental application. Whether you are an individual, organization, or industry, I am here to help you leverage technology and improve your approach to environmental management. Together, we can make a positive impact in our world!

Dr. Kim Baldwin

PhD, MSc, BSc, Drone Pilot & Geospatial Analysis Educator

Testimonials

Want to speak to any of my previous clients? Just let me know!

“Kim is an excellent teacher and her drone training course was so beneficial to the Mustique Company. She customised the course to suit our needs which included conservation, operations, maintenance and security. I highly recommend this versatile course. Kim will teach you tips and tricks you won’t learn elsewhere!”

Environmental Manager, Mustique Co.

Nakita Poon-Kong

“Dr. Baldwin was instrumental in developing our Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operational Manual and providing training to technicians from a wide range of government and non-government agencies in UAS technology. She also delivered the first comprehensive GIS Data Management Protocol for the Department of Environment’s spatial environmental database. We look forward to collaborating with Kim in the future on other similar initiatives.”

Data Manager, Department of Environment, Antigua & Barbuda

Jason Williams

“Kim is a highly motivated, inquisitive, and independent scientist. Her passion resides in the merging of participatory research and stakeholder collaboration to improve applied environmental management. Kim has worked on several participatory projects over the years to produce information in a format which is both understandable and accessible to all stakeholders; thereby facilitating ownership, capacity building, equity, and collaboration to improve ecosystem-based management and strengthen governance in the Caribbean”

Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) of the University of the West Indies, Barbados

Professor Hazel Oxenford

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