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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 

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