Students get a bird’s-eye view of the environment
Environment and geography students from Southampton Solent University will be honing their piloting skills and taking to the skies with unmanned aerial vehicle technology, popularly known as drones, this autumn.Having moved beyond the realms of military stealth, unmanned aircraft have become hugely popular in commercial industries – from crop dusting to cinematic filming - and their use can open up a whole new range of possibilities in environmental surveying. Realising their potential, the environment and geography team at the University’s Technology School has invested in four