Loc8 systematically scans digital images based on user-defined color palettes to find lost persons or objects.
Once Loc8 identifies potential targets, the user confirms the target and Loc8 generates a map and an aerial view of the target’s location.
2. Problem
worth solving
A SAR study shows humans are only capable of
spotting a target 30% of the time during air to
ground searches.
Loc8’s image scanning process will dramatically
increase your success rate in finding your target!
Loc8 saves lives, time and money.
Source: Gaze Behavior of Spotters During an Air-To-Ground Search
3. Our Solution
Loc8 systematically scans digital images based on
user-defined color palettes to find lost persons or
objects.
Once Loc8 identifies potential targets, the user
confirms the target and Loc8 generates a map
and an aerial view of the target’s location.
4. 18+ years leading
national wireless
telecommunication
engineering teams,
Founder of Nomad Aerial
Solutions, FAASTeam
Representative, and
Drone U Elite pilot
and instructor.
Military aviator, UH-60
Blackhawk helicopter
pilot, qualified RQ-11
Raven UAS operator.
and he was a partner in
a web-development
business.
Commercial real estate
appraiser specializing in
eminent domain cases
and property tax
assessment appeals.
PJ Kirkpatrick
Co-founder
Peter Menet
Co-founder
Gene Robinson
SAR SME
15 years experience
using drones for Search
and Rescue,
“Grandfather of SAR
using drones”
and authored “First to
Deploy” the treatise of
Search and Rescue
Operations.
Tony Lockly
Co-founder
Our Team
5. IMPORTANT NOTE
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Public Safety Use Case
Search & Recovery
6. Public Safety Use Case – Search & Recovery
Local LE searched for the body of an individual suspected of committing suicide
Law Enforcement personnel, volunteers, helicopters and cadaver dogs conducted
a search of the area surrounding the individual's residential area
After 5 days, Remote Pilot in Command was contacted by LE and requested a
search of the area using a drone
A methodical and systematic mapping mission approach was conducted using a
drone
7. Public Safety Use Case – Search & Recovery
Note: Actual Location Not Provided to Protect Families Privacy
22. Statistics
According to data from the National
Missing and Unidentified Persons System
(NamUs), over 600,000 individuals are
reported missing in the U.S. every year
The National Park Service tracks detailed
statistics on search and rescue missions
within its 84 million acres of parks.
23. Statistics
Most common places for SAR missions were mountains
between 5,000 and 15,000 feet which accounted for about
one in five cases
Mountains and foothills below 5,000 feet accounted for
another 15 percent of incidents.
Department of Medical Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
James Croft is a human factors consultant at Giraffe Ergonomics,
Calgary, AB. He earned his Ph.D. in medical
science at the University of Calgary, Department of
Medical Science, in 2006.
Daniel Pittman is a technician at the Siemens MRI center,
University of Calgary, AB. He earned his M.Sc. in
kinesiology at the University of Calgary, Faculty of
Kinesiology, in 2004.
Charles (Chip) T. Scialfa is a professor of psychology
at the University of Calgary. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology
at the University of Notre Dame (U.S.) in 1987.