Australia Help reviewing aerial images from missing persons searches

[Lisbeth_S]

Just found this out and thought others may find it interesting and may want to help out.

Working Drones Australia is a commercial drones operator who has been involved in multiple missing persons searches in the last few years.
Visiting this website you have access to their aerial images for several missing persons cases in Australia they have been involved in.

There is also a brief instructional video to explain how to do it HERE

I think initially it was meant for the case of James Hunter, but I've been looking through the images related to other cases too and the process is exactly the same.

 

[dotr]

Just found this out and thought others may find it interesting and may want to help out.

Working Drones Australia is a commercial drones operator who has been involved in multiple missing persons searches in the last few years.
Visiting this website you have access to their aerial images for several missing persons cases in Australia they have been involved in.

There is also a brief instructional video to explain how to do it HERE

I think initially it was meant for the case of James Hunter, but I've been looking through the images related to other cases too and the process is exactly the same.

This looks interesting, many here participated in a similar type of searching via Tomnod.
Thread for the first referenced MP...
Posting also in the International forum for greater exposure..

Australia Crime Cases - Links to cases on Websleuths *No Discussion*

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/australia-elizabeth-struhs-2-killed-after-parents-deny-her-insulin-believing-that-god-would-heal-her-july-17-2024.719105/

www.websleuths.com

Australia - Australia - Celine Cremer, 31, Belgium backpacker, car found at the Philosopher’s fall track, Waratah, Tasmania, 12 June 2023

There's a lot cases where people go bush walking/hiking and think they hear water, so they assume there's water or a waterfall nearby and wander off the track to go look and when they turn to go back to the trail, they get very disoriented and can't find their way back and sometimes walk further...

www.websleuths.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Years ago there was a plane missing, I actually forget where but images of the likely area were released to the public and it ended up with someone spotting the wreckage on the side of a mountain.

I spent days and nights trying to find that plane. I'm sure there are a lot of eyes that would like to have a go at something like this.

 

[Lisbeth_S]

This looks interesting, many here participated in a similar type of searching via Tomnod.
Thread for the first referenced MP...
Posting also in the International forum for greater exposure..

Australia Crime Cases - Links to cases on Websleuths *No Discussion*

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/australia-elizabeth-struhs-2-killed-after-parents-deny-her-insulin-believing-that-god-would-heal-her-july-17-2024.719105/

www.websleuths.com

Australia - Australia - Celine Cremer, 31, Belgium backpacker, car found at the Philosopher’s fall track, Waratah, Tasmania, 12 June 2023

There's a lot cases where people go bush walking/hiking and think they hear water, so they assume there's water or a waterfall nearby and wander off the track to go look and when they turn to go back to the trail, they get very disoriented and can't find their way back and sometimes walk further...

www.websleuths.com

Thanks @dotr , good idea.

 

[sasha17]

This reminds me of the 2007 search for Steve Fossett using Google Earth images. I spent so many hours going through those photos! Unfortunately the image searching efforts weren't successful. He was eventually located by hikers about a year later. Google Earth allows computer users to join hunt for Fossett

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I think it must have been the Steve Fossett Google Image Search that I remember taking part in and the part about someone finding the plane wreckage image on that search, must have been some other image search case.

 

[al66pine]

I think it must have been the Steve Fosset Google Image Search that I remember taking part in and the part about someone finding the plane wreckage image on that search, must have been some other image search case.

@sasha17 @TootsieFootsie
Thx for your posts about Google Image searches for Steve Fossett & plane, prompting me to want to read more.

A few pages here starting at the section on "Disappearance and search" describe a bit about the Google, Inc.'s connection.

Steve Fossett - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And of course, footnotes w links give more info to details, if anyone is interested.

Back to the OP, amazing to think about drones can participate in SAR and bring people (or remains) home.

 

[al66pine]

Just found this out and thought others may find it interesting and may want to help out.

Working Drones Australia is a commercial drones operator who has been involved in multiple missing persons searches in the last few years.
Visiting this website you have access to their aerial images for several missing persons cases in Australia they have been involved in.

There is also a brief instructional video to explain how to do it HERE

I think initially it was meant for the case of James Hunter, but I've been looking through the images related to other cases too and the process is exactly the same.

@Lisbeth_S Thx for your post about this terrific process.

If ppl have time & want to participate in these online searches for any MisPers (not just someone of special interest or local to them), is there a website listing info about pending MisPers cases that this drone co. has captured and posted CURRENT images aerial of for review by others? [< small edit]

IOW, where can a potential image-reviewer find images to review to provide feedback to the drone co?
Anyone? TiA.

(Sorry for ^clumsy language from a non-techie)

 

[dotr]

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https://airs.workingdrones.com.au/Celine%20Cremer/random

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