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IIT Guwahati models traffic with drone data; Assam asks drones to keep off falcon roosts

IIT Guwahati used drone footage of more than 36,000 vehicles to model Indian traffic, Assam's forest minister asked people to keep drones away from Amur falcon roosts, and Mangaluru drone-surveyed five sites for a cricket stadium.

  1. ResearchReported

    IIT Guwahati tracks 36,000 vehicles by drone to build Indian traffic models

    IIT Guwahati researchers filmed an eight-lane highway on the edge of Delhi with drones, tracking more than 36,000 vehicles and about 9 million vehicle positions. The team, led by Prof. Akhilesh K Maurya, used the data to build mathematical and machine-learning models of how speed changes with traffic density on mixed Indian roads. The study is published in the International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research and is aimed at road design, signal control and traffic management.

    Source:PTI via Rediff Asianet Newsable

  2. NewsReported

    Assam minister asks people to keep drones away as 1 lakh Amur falcons arrive

    Assam Environment and Forest Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on 5 November that more than one lakh Amur falcons have arrived at Umrangso in Dima Hasao and Dharamtul in Morigaon. He asked people to keep drones away from the roosts, warning that propellers risk collisions and can panic the flocks. Citing Aaranyak, he said the group wants no-drone buffer zones there, action against unauthorised operators and awareness drives for photographers and content creators.

    Source:India Today NE PTI via MSN

  3. NewsReported

    Mangaluru drone-surveys five shortlisted sites for a new cricket stadium

    The Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) ran a drone survey on 3 November over five sites shortlisted for a cricket stadium: Tannirbhavi, Bengre, Bondel, Kudupu and private land in Panjimogaru. MUDA chairman Santosh Kumar Shetty said he hoped to present the sites to the Karnataka State Cricket Association on 6 November, with a KSCA team expected to visit in December. The association has asked for about 50 acres of government land.

    Source:The Times of India Coastal Digest

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