NESAC successfully conducted an one week training program on UAV technology and its applications in the field of Forestry during Nov 08- 12, 2021 for the Forest Department officials from the Government of Assam. The course covered all the aspects of understanding the UAVs and its components, flight planning for data acquisitions for various remote sensing applications with focus on forestry applications, 3D printing & its application in UAV along with different data processing techniques. The data processing includes generation of Orthomosaic, digital surface model (DEM), digital terrain model (DTM), contour maps, volumetric analysis etc using Pix4D Mapper Pro ArcGIS and QGIS softwares. The participants were also given hands-on experience of total end to end work flow starting from UAV operations, mission planning, data processing and data analysis.
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A customised two weeks course for the Indo German Development Cooperation funded project “Climate Resilience of Forest Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Adaptive Capacities of Forest Dependent Communities in Tripura” (CFEFLAT) supported by the Tripura Forest Department was organised during 21st April 2025 to 02nd May 2025 by the Forestry & Ecology Division. Twelve officials participated as the first batch of the training programme. The training focussed on the introductory lectures on basics concepts of remote sensing, GIS, image interpretations, map projections and digital image processing with emphasis on hands-on exercises on different aspects of forest cover and land use mapping.