Drone technology expands border monitoring

Drone technology expands border monitoring

By Athena Kehoe Click here for updates on this story     NOGALES, Arizona (KGUN) — U.S. Border Patrol agents are keeping up with the ever-growing developments of technology by using drones to monitor the border wall. Border Patrol agents are given a birds-eye view of one of the busiest pedestrian ports of entry from Mexico. Jon Thompson has been a border patrol agent for 15 years and explains, “There’s no place they could hide from the drone; we…

UNA develops protocol with drones to monitor crocodiles in Costa Rica Heredia, 2 May (elmundo.cr) – The International Institute for Conservation and Wildlife Management of the National University (Icomvis-UNA) is working on a protocol for the counting and monitoring of crocodiles using drones. This project seeks to obtain accurate data on the population of crocodiles in the country, crucial information for decision-making in their management and…