PLACE, Event 38 mapping Turks and Caicos

Event 38 and PLACE Partner to Map Turks and Caicos Islands Using E400 Drones

by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby

Mapping drone manufacturer Event 38 Unmanned Systems has announced the successful deployment of its E400 fixed-wing mapping drone for the collection of aerial imagery and mapping data in Turks and Caicos, which had not been mapped in at least ten years. In only a number of days, the drone gathered sufficient data to produce orthomosaics of the entirety of both islands, totaling 238 square kilometers. The project was conducted by PLACE, a global non-profit organization granting access to mapping data by providing hyperlocal and precise optical imagery.

“It can be difficult and expensive to get an airplane into the geographies where we work. Satellite imagery is quite complicated to order and process the data, and many of these geographies have intense cloud cover, which can disturb the imagery,” said PLACE founder Peter Rabley. “Some countries…