A Drone-Borne Optical&Radar Sensor for Smart Counties Monitoring

Smart counties monitoring demands the use of multiple sensors. This article explores the importance of using a class 3 drone-borne electromagnetic sensor suite. The areas most benefited are city management including infrastructure and agriculture. The set of electromagnetic sensors consists of a multi-band synthetic aperture radar, a visible camera and a thermal camera. Monitoring would occur periodically and automatically, covering a set of pre-defined flight lines. Data processing and analysis would take place automatically providing alerts, action lists, forecasts and statistics. Such a system is economically self-sustaining.