Northwest Aerospace News October | November Issue No. 11 | Page 55

O GORGE TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE SPOTLIGHT Linewatch leverages the unique Overwatch Imaging tech- nology to automatically scan long infrastructure systems such as railways for small issues. These precision imaging systems help organizations quickly find what they are looking for, so they can focus less on the search and more on the best response. ne early adopter of the Earthwatch imaging system was Courtney Aviation, a California company with deep roots in aerial fire surveillance. On June 23, 2019, Courtney was contracted to map the East Fire in Mendocino National Forest. “With Earthwatch, we were able to fly over a 460- acre area starting at 7:45 pm, collect data in one pass, map it automatically with the onboard AI software, and dissemi- nate the information to the Forest Service by 8:21 pm,” said Mark Zaller, CTO and air attack pilot with Courtney Avia- tion. This marked the first operational use by the U.S. Forest Service of the Earthwatch system, which is now providing daily fire intelligence throughout the Northwest. In addition to firefighting, Earthwatch is used for an- ti-poaching surveillance, large-scale crop health and irriga- tion CGTech-AUG-SEPT-Northwest inspection, flood forecasting, and other purposes. Aero-VC90-PRINT.pdf 1 6/13/2019 8:14:28 Oceanwatch applies similar imaging and artificial intelli- gence processing to the maritime environment, automati- cally finding boats and people in large bodies of water. To learn more about the company, please visit http://www. overwatchimaging.com, or learn more about the Gorge Tech- nology Alliance and the other UAS companies in the Gorge at http://www.crgta.org. AM Gorge Tech Alliance 515 E. 2nd Street The Dalles, OR 97058 http://crgta.org Contact Jessica Metta 541-296-2266 [email protected] OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2019 ISSUE NO. 11 55