Estimating the Density of Raccoon Dogs and Water Deer Using Thermal Real-Time Drone Surveys and Distance Sampling - 2026-04-28 - Research Publication - All surveys used a Matrice 30T at roughly 70 to 80 metres; at 80 metres its thermal field of view produced a 76.8-metre line-transect swath and 38.4-metre truncation distance. Nine line surveys recorded 270 raccoon dogs… - source: nature.com
DEM-Based UAV Geolocation of Thermal Hotspots on Complex Terrain - 2025-12-02 - Research Publication - Researchers flew a non-RTK DJI Matrice 30T over flat and mountainous Corsican sites at 60 and 120 metres while controlled heat sources supplied known hotspot targets. On the 28-degree mountain terrain, Matrice 30T mean… - source: mdpi.com
Photogrammetry and Analogue Experiments in 3D-Printed Mold Applied to the 2022-2023 Lava Emplacement at Lascar Volcano in Chile - 2025-12-02 - Research Publication - The Matrice 30T RTK launched from 4,881 metres above sea level on Lascar's southern flank and climbed roughly one vertical kilometre to survey the active crater on 1 February 2023. Across that flight and a later Mavic 3T… - source: nature.com
Digital Twin for Analog Mars Missions: Investigating Local Positioning Alternatives for GNSS-Denied Environments - 2025-07-25 - Research Publication - A two-week Matrice 30T survey captured more than 1,000 images across three flights and approximately 125,000 square metres around the AMADEE-24 habitat in Armenia. Flights used 30-, 60- and 90-degree gimbal angles from 150… - source: mdpi.com
An Infrared Dataset for Partially Occluded Person Detection in Complex Environment for Search and Rescue - 2025-02-19 - Research Publication - A DJI Matrice 30T collected 8,768 labeled thermal images and 25,811 person bounding boxes across 19 outdoor conditions, nine adult volunteers and flight altitudes of 30, 50 and 70 metres. The public POP split provides… - source: nature.com