{"id":95227,"date":"2019-03-11T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//?p=95227"},"modified":"2019-06-24T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:40:44","slug":"drones-map-future-and-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//drones-map-future-and-past/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227//","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Recruit Drones To Map Past, Determine Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drones have evolved over the years from novelty to a sophisticated tool deployed in the wake of natural disasters. Now researchers have unlocked its use as a time machine./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227/n

The work is happening in the coastal communities of Belize, including Hopkins Village, where rising sea levels are threatening homes and livelihoods. Lain Graham, a sociology Ph.D. candidate at UCF and a solution engineer at Esri, has traveled to Central America with other UCF scientists since 2016, working with local communities to find a long-term solution./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227/n

Their approach merges classic social science research with high-tech geographic information systems (GIS) to provide a comprehensive picture of the threat. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227/u2019s the experiences and perceptions of community members that provides context and value to the data gathered by drones, Graham explains./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/95227/n