CA drone technology firm DroneDeploy has announced the largest citizen science project to date, a partnership with the Nature Conservancy to help save the CA coastline during this year's record-breaking El Niño. The "Phones and Drones" project aims to bring together drone images from citizens throughout the state to create a crowd-sourced map of the California coast, … [Read more...] about Citizen Science and Crowdsourced Maps to Save CA Coastline
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CA Senator Introduces “Safe Drone Act”
Senator Barbara Boxer has introduced a bill to make the reckless operation of a drone a federal offense. The Safe Drone Act would make it a misdemeanor offense, punishable by fine or up to one year in prison, to knowingly operate a drone within 2 miles of an airport or the outermost perimeter of a wildfire. "Our firefighters and airplane pilots should be focused on keeping … [Read more...] about CA Senator Introduces “Safe Drone Act”
