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Building a Decentralized Drone Imaging Network

· 17 min · Season 3 Episode 41

Show notes

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…

Website: play.prx.org

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