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Kite-Surveillance Systems
- Two branches:
- Surveillance of kite systems by any means.
- Surveillance of scenes by the use of kite systems.
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- Surveillance of scenes by the use of kite systems
- Pipeline surveillance by the use of kite systems
- Powered kite systems in free flight. Drones that are
powered kite systems.
- Instruments on the tethers and/or wings of the surveillance kite
systems.
- KAP Kite Aerial Photography.
Include videography.
- Inhabited kite systems with people doing direct observation from
position on tethers or wings.
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- Surveillance of kite systems by any means
- Kite systems looking after kite systems
- Powered aircraft looking at kite systems.
- Radar tracking of kite systems.
- People looking at kite systems.
- Self-reporting kite systems
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- Purposes
- To see what one might see!
- To enjoy the aerial art.
- To judge performance of sport kiting.
- To watch for approaching aircraft.
- To watch for area intruders.
- To notice pipeline breaks.
- To see fires.
- To hear gunshots.
- To monitor vegetation growth.
- To follow the movement of groups of people or animals.
- To provide an early alert system for changes in a scene.
- To follow the changing lights.
- To see the reflectivity of surfaces.
- To record the direction of movement of a person or animal or
vehicle.
- To take inventory of things.
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