Project's information

Project's title Studying and testing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to take photographs of soil geomorphology, land use status and condition of the water surface in Da Lat City (Lam Dong Province) and surrounding areas for environmental protection
Project leader’s name PhD. Pham Ngoc Lang - Hitechs – Telecoms – Informatics Corporation (HTI Corp.)
Project duration 01/01/2013 - 01/01/2014
Project’s budget VND 307,000,000 (Three hundred and seven million Vietnam dongs)
Classify Fair
Goal and objectives of the project

VND 307,000,000 (Three hundred and seven million Vietnam dongs)- Perform pilot flight to take high-resolution photographs of the Central Highlands from the height under 3,000 meters
- Observe and take photographs of landforms and soil, current use of land and water surface in the Central Highlands
- Provides image databases for socio-economic development planning of the Central Highlands
Main results

- On sciences
+ Master technologies of manufacturing, producing and operating UAV for scientific research and technology development
+ Use UAV to take high-resolution photogaphs, clarify satellite images
- On application
+ UAV can be widely applied for scientific research and technology development

Some images of the project

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Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results

- Use UAV to take photographs of land use status, soil geomorphology and condition of water surface in the Central Highlands
- Survey geology and topography; assess management, planning and protection of natural resources-environment in the Central Highlands
- Assess and monitor environmental issues, give early warning of natural disasters in the Central Highlands such as risk of forest fires, water pollution, ect
- Provide image databases for socio-economic development planning of the Central Highlands.
Research region

Some research manufacturing processes and methods of pilot flying has been done, making contributions to manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicle of Vietnam. Photographs taken in the study area have been transferred to local authority.