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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by casefields on Monday May 17, 2021 @04:52PM (#27188301)
Even the biggest of floods is a localized problem. A fleet of drones can give you live feeds of the entire thing. The caveat is of course the military has the best ones, and there's an uneasy balance of allowing military use on home soil.

Baltimore has been leading the charge on aerial surveillance: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-aerial-p...

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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by billfruit on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:23AM (#27192342)
I doubt drones could be a solution for flood monitoring presently, flood events could last days, endurance could be an issue. Floods could affected regions of several hundred square kilometres, I think it might be impractical to cover that much area by drones.
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