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Geoawesomeness-3DR Aero-M Fixed Wing UAV The aerial perspective offered by unmanned aerial vehicles is the perfect platform for acquiring highly detailed data for large-scale operations such as farming, construction, and today's project---beach conservation. Accuracy is the name of the game. It's simple  with GPS, digital cameras and powerful computers. Surveys are within an accuracy down to 1 to 2 cm These small flying machines have made mapping any area a matter of few minutes or hours, instead of the typical days or weeks it used to take. Stitch the images together and you generate 3D models. This is Aerial Photogrammetry : Multiple overlapping photos (80 to 90% overlap) of the ground or model are taken as the UAV flies along an autonomous programmed flight path called a waypoint. To overlap photos of an object or land by 80 to 90% would be impossible to complete accurately by pilot navigation.

Lil'ampton in the Arun District of West Sussex, England lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. The Battle of Britain saw Luftwaffe raids on Littlehampton. Hard to imagine in these tranquil bucolic settings. I like writing about my travels, but I don’t like the paperwork. So I blog---Literature in a hurry, right? Last month in Los Angeles, CA, I subscribed to Naturalist John Muir's comment, "With all the roads you take, make sure some of them are dirt" and explored the Santa  Monica Mountains.  This month I am adding  rocky-beach-coastal walks to the mix, as it is Sussex by Sea all week. Climping has a dune eco system and its rocks. It's nice to go on a digital diet and unplug with an arural, primitive and circadian walk along the beach Chalk and walk in Eastbourne  Much of the coast of South-East England is Chalk. Think White Cliffs Of Dover or  here in Eastbourne's Beachy Head ...

Armistice Day falls each year on 11 November to mark the day in 1918 when the fighting in World War One was stopped. That is 100 years ago today. We reflect and remember those who lost their lives in service to their country. In The UK Today At The Beaches of Normandy WW2 for D Day Our great Uncle Joe McDonald we remember 

English, why do I have to learn that-I'm never going to live in England An Udder Delight The English countryside is beautiful. I am here on  a small dairy farm-God Save The Cream! The  core formative experiences that all young people should pursue are : hard work to appreciate the benefits of labor;  travel to understand deprivation and want; the power of reading ;the importance of nurturing your body. What better place to do it all then on a rural farm in England. I am reminded of The Law of The Farm, where there are no easy fixes, and where it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. In fact, Instant gratification takes too long---Adolescence is a gift, perpetual adolescence is just plain wrong. As I came back from my annual trip to America last month, I was hard pressed to see the difference between kids ages 10, 15, 21 or 25. Growing old is not optional, growing up is.  The coming-of-age rituals that have defined AmeriCANS sinc...

When we landed in Doha in 2017, things started to take off- We were on a different plane-Call it, business-class tickets to cool with complimentary mojo. A masterpiece of spirited adventure can be captured in this iconic image of  the invincible Land Rover--- Day Trip    to an  Archaeological Site   Driven The name itself , Land Rover, overtly reflects and recognizes the quintessential  zeitgeist of  British indomitability.  That   basic and hardy expression of  simplicity is the key to the vehicles longevity and ours. It goes where roads and maps don't. It survives where other cars can't.  The austere  feeling- of -every -bump- or -jolt in the road ,  however, was a far cry from the privileged life of excess and access Sarah, Pam and I enjoyed, glamping around the globe this year; especially in Doha , our home base that served more as an aircraft carrier where we could fly off  on a wh...

When the going was good... ...and you could leave no stone unturned If you smell something burning, it is my future as a travel writer  going up in smoke-  the future of Voyage Journaling  just ain't what it used to be. Sure, shock and awe omnivore revelations that everything is edible somewhere. Dogs, cats and rats come to mind. I certainly visited enough inhospitable  and   exotic locations, also known as "Human Petri Dishes"(Think GERMS)  from Angkor Wat (What?), The  Philippines to India and Dakar; but they're all STUNTS compared to the elevated sense of otherworldliness---a Travel By Proxy---  given  by Melville, Hemingway, Conrad, Kipling and  of course,  Basho's nomadic pursuits, which I emulate(d) in my own Scandinavian  version of  Narrow Road to The Interior , where I had The One Taste  ecstatic experience---the  definition of Norway's ecstasy is that I ...