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Review

Use of Participatory sUAS in Resilient Socioecological Systems (SES) Research: A Review and Case Study from the Southern Great Plains, USA

by
Todd D. Fagin
1,2,*,
Jacqueline M. Vadjunec
2,3,
Austin L. Boardman
4 and
Lanah M. Hinsdale
2
1
Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, 3100 Monitor Ave. Suite 180, Norman, OK 73019, USA
2
Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, 3100 Monitor Ave. Suite 180, Norman, OK 73019, USA
3
Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems (IREES), University of Oklahoma, 3100 Monitor Ave. Suite 180, Norman, OK 73019, USA
4
Gitwit, Tulsa, OK 74120, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Drones 2024, 8(6), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060223
Submission received: 8 April 2024 / Revised: 12 May 2024 / Accepted: 23 May 2024 / Published: 29 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Abstract

Since the publication of the seminal work People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and the Social Sciences, the call to “socialize the pixel” and “pixelize the social” has gone largely unheeded from a truly participatory research context. Instead, participatory remote sensing has primarily involved ground truthing to verify remote sensing observations and/or participatory mapping methods to complement remotely sensed data products. However, the recent proliferation of relatively low-cost, ready-to-fly small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS), colloquially known as drones, may be changing this trajectory. sUAS may provide a means for community participation in all aspects of the photogrammetric/remote sensing process, from mission planning and data acquisition to data processing and analysis. We present an overview of the present state of so-called participatory sUAS through a comprehensive literature review of recent English-language journal articles. This is followed by an overview of our own experiences with the use of sUAS in a multi-year participatory research project in an agroecological system encompassing a tri-county/tri-state region in the Southern Great Plains, USA. We conclude with a discussion of opportunities and challenges associated with our experience.
Keywords: participatory research; PGIS; participatory remote sensing; sUAS; drones; Southern Great Plains participatory research; PGIS; participatory remote sensing; sUAS; drones; Southern Great Plains

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Fagin, T.D.; Vadjunec, J.M.; Boardman, A.L.; Hinsdale, L.M. Use of Participatory sUAS in Resilient Socioecological Systems (SES) Research: A Review and Case Study from the Southern Great Plains, USA. Drones 2024, 8, 223. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060223

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Fagin TD, Vadjunec JM, Boardman AL, Hinsdale LM. Use of Participatory sUAS in Resilient Socioecological Systems (SES) Research: A Review and Case Study from the Southern Great Plains, USA. Drones. 2024; 8(6):223. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060223

Chicago/Turabian Style

Fagin, Todd D., Jacqueline M. Vadjunec, Austin L. Boardman, and Lanah M. Hinsdale. 2024. "Use of Participatory sUAS in Resilient Socioecological Systems (SES) Research: A Review and Case Study from the Southern Great Plains, USA" Drones 8, no. 6: 223. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060223

APA Style

Fagin, T. D., Vadjunec, J. M., Boardman, A. L., & Hinsdale, L. M. (2024). Use of Participatory sUAS in Resilient Socioecological Systems (SES) Research: A Review and Case Study from the Southern Great Plains, USA. Drones, 8(6), 223. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060223

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