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This week, we became familiar with the drones and maps of ala ala kahakai coast. The first thing we needed to figure out was the area we would studying. We looked on a map, and Dr. Bill showed us that the region begins at Waiakailio Bay and ends at the border between the North and South Kohala districts.
The next thing we did was try to get the cameras of the drones operational. We tried to connect the cameras on the drone to the fat shark headset, so that we could live stream video as we fly. Originally, it was unresponsive. We tweaked the channel settings on the fatshark and the wire connections of the camera, but it remained unresponsive. We tried subbing out the go pro a different camera. This solved the problem, and we were able to lifestream video to our fat shark goggles. Perhaps plugging it in the generic camera fixed a formatting issue because when we replugged in the go pro, it streamed just fine.
We tried flying the drones the next day, but to our disappointment, the wind was too strong. Dr. Bill told us that once the drone is up in the air, it can steady itself against moderate wind, but taking off with it is dangerous.
We found three different maps of the coastline near kawaiihae that had been posted on the United States Geographical Survey website from different time periods:
2013
1982
1995
These maps, however, have no variability about them. Older ones would be handy to have since perceptions of the ala kahakai trail have changed throughout the years. Old maps would perhaps give us insight on what the people of the time thought of the trail.
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