An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Wahana udara tanpa awak ini bisa menjadi produk ekspor non-migas seperti yang dilakukan oleh Israel dengan military drones-nya. Unila pun kini sedang mengembangkan UAV-based remote sensing yang tentu saja bisa disinergikan dengan riset Prof WM Boerner (POLinSAR for Disaster Monitoring in Sumatra Region) yang berkaitan dengan objek riset strategis untuk AESS-GRSS society di Indonesia. Untuk menerbangkan UAV demi urusan remote sensing dibutuhkan navigasi. Bagai mana sistem navigasinya?
Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. Navigation is science and technology of finding the position and directing the course of vessels and aircraft. The theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship or aircraft.
Selain itu perhatikan uraian terkait peristilahan navigasi berikut ini.
Navigation is how ships or aircraft find their way from one place to another. The word navigation came from the word “navgatih” from the language of Sanskrit. NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move), the science or art of conducting a ship across the seas.
Salah satu bentuk navigasi adalah sistem navigasi GPS, meski pun A GPS navigation system needs up-to-date navigation maps to get you there. Sebagai contoh bisa disimak Trust NAVTEQ GPS navigation system maps for in-car and portable navigation devices. Jadi navigation is the act or practice of navigating; the science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft.
