Building a Decentralized Drone Imaging Network
About this episode
This episode explores a decentralized network that allows amateur drone pilots to capture high-resolution geospatial data for various applications.
Most geospatial data is gathered by satellites and cameras attached to planes, but a new decentralized network is helping amateur drone pilots capture and contribute ultra high resolution data. In this week's show, we go fly a drone and learn how that data is helping power next generation apps for things like disaster response. This episode originally ran in June 2025. We Meet: Alec Wilson, COO Spexi Bill Lakeland, CEO Spexi Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
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