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ren will speak about her group’s work with UAVs in a variety of settings, showing how these platforms are being used to generate high resolution models for answering questions about environmental change. 14.00-14.30 Topography UAV Applications Enrique Plaza Baez, Project Manager, CONYCA This case study session will draw upon our experience of using UAVs within topography. Discussion will focus upon key advantages of utilizing UAV technology versus traditional methods, the targets set and the results obtained. 14.30-15.00 RAPSODY Robert Whitehouse, Business Development Director, TEKEVER The European project RAPSODY, led by the TEKEVER Group, will introduce, for the first time, unmanned aerial systems in maritime surveillance missions within Europe. The RAPSODY Project, led by TEKEVER, will test the use of unmanned aerial systems in a maritime context through real-world demonstration of two scenarios: search and rescue missions; and pollution and oil spill monitoring. The systems will operate over the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. 15.00-15.30 How English Heritage and Historic England are increasingly using UAVs across multiple heritage applications Paul Bryan, Geospatial Imaging Manager, English Heritage/Historic England English Heritage have been using UAV platforms since 2008 to acquire low-level aerial imagery of sites and buildings across its estate. Applications include site presentation, condition monitoring, archaeological investigation and most recently landscape survey, facilitated by increased availability of modern, affordable photogrammetric software packages capable of deriving detailed three dimensional data from image sets with multiple overlap. 15.30 End of Agriculture & Environment Conference Exhibition open until 18.00 23