Eyes in the Sky: Tracking Moose with Drones

Photo credit superwake

In this 2-page briefing note by Leonard Hambrecht, Hiroto Goto, and Nicholas Coops introduces Theme 4 of the Moose Research Initiative and provides an update on their progress to date. The researchers from UBC’s Integrated Remote Sensing Studio are testing the use of drones, thermal sensors, and deep learning algorithms to survey moose populations.