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GWN Technologies - MERIT Training Drones & Mapping with QGIS

This web/blog contains a series of short tutorials developed for the MERIT and SESMIM projects in Mongolia on the use of drones for mapping and GIS. It focuses on FOSS4G and free to use applications like QGIS and OpenDroneMap (ODM) to process the drone images and to create updated maps for landuse, agriculture, conservation, environmental and social planning. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)) GWN is continuing to update the content to help other international NGOs.

DJI Phantom 3 P and Mavic Pro radio controller

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July 24, 2018

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