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Drone pilots in the USA
Title
Drone pilots in the USA: A statistical study of recreational and professional flyers.
Author
Rollins, Heather
Abstract/Description
With the popularity of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or drones designed and priced for consumers has come an increase in airspace issues related to these drones. While these incidents risk public safety, privacy, and even national security, there are also many beneficial uses for small drones, such as imaging to support agriculture and other industries, safety inspections of cell towers and other equipment, and disaster response and recovery. In order to fly professionally, one must pass a...
Show moreWith the popularity of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or drones designed and priced for consumers has come an increase in airspace issues related to these drones. While these incidents risk public safety, privacy, and even national security, there are also many beneficial uses for small drones, such as imaging to support agriculture and other industries, safety inspections of cell towers and other equipment, and disaster response and recovery. In order to fly professionally, one must pass a knowledge test and be certificated; however, flying recreationally has no such requirement. It makes sense, then, to try to increase recreational operators' knowledge and understanding of the National Air Space and their responsibilities in it, To accomplish this, anyone interested in educating or marketing to this community needs to know who they are and where they are. This study began with the population of commercial UAS operators in order to identify characteristics of recreational operators and estimate the size of this population. Based primarily on data published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and supported by data from the United States Census Bureau, the study employed data cleaning, regression modeling, time series modeling, and analysis to accomplish these goals. On generating models to describe these populations, results indicated a number of shared characteristics, though estimating the size of the population of recreational drone pilots based on the size of the population of commercial drone pilots turned out to be invalid. Recreational drone pilots are more highly concentrated in communities where most of the population has some tertiary education, where the median household income is higher, and outside the southeastern states. Because county-level data from the Census Bureau were used to identify these characteristics, the results can be helpful in targeting educational or marketing resources, in order to increase awareness and knowledge among recreational UAS operators.
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Date Issued
2020, 2020
Identifier
1220929923, WFE0000730
Format
Document (PDF)
Overshadowed
Title
Overshadowed: history, public engagement, and conflict archaeology at Florida's natural bridge.
Author
Johnston, Janene Whitley
Abstract/Description
The Civil War Battle of Natural Bridge was fought within miles of Tallahassee, Florida, in March of 1865. The site, which is now the Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, was the subject of a historical and archaeological investigation incorporating documentary evidence, metal detection survey, trench excavations, LiDAR, and firearms identification analysis. The survey was conducted with the help of a wide range of volunteers and community stakeholders including students, members of...
Show moreThe Civil War Battle of Natural Bridge was fought within miles of Tallahassee, Florida, in March of 1865. The site, which is now the Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, was the subject of a historical and archaeological investigation incorporating documentary evidence, metal detection survey, trench excavations, LiDAR, and firearms identification analysis. The survey was conducted with the help of a wide range of volunteers and community stakeholders including students, members of Florida State Park Service, the local archaeological society, and Civil War reenactors. The results from the survey are being utilized to provide an updated analysis of the conflict which demonstrates how the Confederate forces expertly utilized the landscape to their tactical advantage. Additionally, this project can be used as a guide for on-site interpretation or future research involving the recent acquisition of the remainder of the battlefield.
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Identifier
1129044081, WFE0000660
Format
Document (PDF)