[Rockhounds] Finding Vertebrate Fossils with Drones

[Paul]

Below are some miscellanous articles and publications
about using drones to find vertebrate fossils.

Surveyors use drone technology to map dinosaur
footprints in Sunland Park By Jason McNabb, April 26, 2023
https://kvia.com/news/2023/04/26/surveyors-use-drone-technology-to-map-dinosaur-footprints-in-sunland-park/

Earlham geologists use aerial technology, 3D mapping
to discover fossils buried in desert
Earlham College, August 26, 2022
https://earlham.edu/news-events/earlham-geologists-using-aerial-technology-3d-mapping-to-discover-fossils-buried-in-the-desert/

Reinhart, J.A., 2020. Using drone mounted multispectral
cameras to map fossil sites (Masters thesis).
https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/handle/2346/85822
https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/85822/REINHART-THESIS-2020.pdf?sequence=1

Beelders, T. and Dollman, G., 2021. Virtual Prospecting
in Paleontology Using a Drone-Based Orthomosaic Map:
An Eye Movement Analysis. ISPRS International
Journal of Geo-Information, 10(11), p.753.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356066735_Virtual_Prospecting_in_Paleontology_Using_a_Drone-Based_Orthomosaic_Map_An_Eye_Movement_Analysis

Automated laser-scanning ‘hunter drone’ seeks out
fossils, minerals and biological targets, Hong Kong University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t79XmfPyOWA

Automated laser-scanning 'hunter drone' seeks out
fossils, minerals and biological targets,
The University of Hong Kong
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-automated-laser-scanning-hunter-drone-fossils.html

Yours,

Paul H.