From the ground of Intergeo in Berlin last week, DRONELIFE speaks with Andreas Nordansjö, CMO of drone data and impact tech firm GLOBHE about using drones and drone data to enhance outcomes in global health.
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GLOBHE gets results by offering stakeholders access to quality-controlled aerial data from anywhere on earth: providing local drone pilots with opportunities for work. “GLOBHE gets you drone data from anywhere on the planet through one single marketplace platform. We’ve a crowd of local skilled drone operators, we’re capable of get the information you would like, from anywhere, fast, and reliable,” said Andreas.
Founded by Helena Samsioe, GLOBHE has been an impact tech company since its inception, working with UN organizations similar to UNICEF, UN FAO, UNCCD, UN WFP, and the World Bank Group. “GLOBHE is brief for Global Health, and our vision is to at some point picture a thriving planet with thriving communities,” Andreas said.
GLOBHE’s projects are widespread, but they’re using aerial data to focus on difficult problems and supply stakeholders with the tools they should improve outcomes in combating disease, education disparities, climate change, and natural disasters.
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Documenting flood impact in Chikwawa Malawi, GLOBHE
“In Malawi we mapped over 2500 km2 for UNICEF for Flood Prevention, and we have helped fight to Malaria through the early detection of breeding sites of mosquito larvae for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,” explains Andreas. “We’ve worked with reforestation projects through GainForest in Paraguay. We’ve done distant supervision and inspection of investments into constructing recent schools in rural areas with The World Bank in Lesotho.”
Considered one of GLOBHE’s core principles is in using local skilled drone operators. This not only advantages local economies, but enables them to work inside widely differing global drone regulations. “Through our crowd of skilled drone operators, now we have all of the local regulations and native licenses to operate,” explains Andreas. “Our Operations team is a various set of experts in drone data collection with a few years of experience, so we’re capable of navigate a fancy landscape of regulations through experience and our network of drone operators – today over 9000 in 140 countries.”
What’s Next for GLOBHE and the Drone Industry
Asked what changes he has witnessed within the drone industry, Andreas is positive about what’s available now.
“We see adoption of drone data like never before, and recent sensor types and drone models enabling acquisition of more specialised drone data types,” he says. “We see more requests for thermal, multispectral and LiDAR data coming in from all corners of the world.”
As more different data becomes available, Andreas comments, firms, countries and other stakeholders are learning to make use of it across their organizations. “We also consider that this may proceed as more firms are capable of work with drone data of their data pipelines,” he says. “Many firms have yet to determine what role drone data plays of their data models. Satellite data is the core, but complementing it and with the ability to work with it at scale is different.”
The GLOBHE corporate culture is built on the goal of driving higher outcomes. With a sturdy platform and the team working together to scale, GLOBHE hopes to succeed in more communities and address recent problems in the subsequent 12 months.
“We’re truthtellers and challengers. We consider in impact and making a change. We’re fortunate to still have a start-up mentality and spirit within the team, and the culture could be very much oriented towards making solutions that help our clients get data easier. We attempt to innovate on the way to make drone data accessible and democratized, and our culture reflects that by being very hands on in some projects and learning,” said Andreas.
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