Darren Smith
Soar
Published in
3 min readApr 30, 2018

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Soar - Crowdsourced Drone Imagery Here and Now!

SOAR. A decentralised global platform for the distribution and monetisation of drone content

Imagine having access to high resolution drone video and still imagery anywhere, anytime. Soar is an online marketplace for drone content, instantaneously updated around the world.

What options for buying and viewing drone imagery do I currently have?

Access to and use of drone or UAV content, video or image, is available to business and individuals either directly from a drone pilot on-contract or via public sale whereby content sits on image hosting sites for months or even years at a time, becoming outdated and irrelevant.

Both models involve immoderate and unrelated processes, each with their own avenues of execution.

Drone content exchange models and individual processes. Arrows indicate stepwise process to imagery. Drone content exchange by public sale has been under-utilised as it a complex and time-consuming process.

Considering the effort and time consuming back and forth required for both of these methods to acquire important and time sensitive data, by the time an organisation receives the imagery, it may be too late — landscapes may have changed or new events occured!

Soar Critical Industries; Land Management, Government, Military, Minerals, Forestry, Water, Transportation/Logistics, Natural Hazards, and Agriculture.

Why do I need up-to-date data?

Time-sensitive (rapidly-available and frequently updated) drone content is essential because;

  • Near-time processed & informed decisions are necessary
  • Market competitiveness requires it
  • With predictive technology, organisations can avoid adverse conditions

Some examples of critical business decisions that rely on time-sensitive content;

  • Crowd-sourced and almost real-time drone imagery documenting flooding for real-time disaster response and emergency mitigation is invaluable to governments and communities throughout the world.
  • New environmental regulations requiring ongoing monitoring could be retrospectively approved using a repository of existing aerial images.

Looking ahead

It is imperative that a new platform exists to narrow the window between when drone content is required and when it’s delivered. Further steps towards content validation and location-centric pricing will yield increased value to the customer and earnings for the provider.

Soar, a democratised global drone content exchange platform enabling rapid exchange of high-value drone imagery.

Soar is disruptive technology that will fully utilise and monetise time sensitive drone content. E-commerce has facilitated the development of whole market aggregates such as Alibaba and Amazon, but until now, a global and market-influenced drone content exchange platform did not exist.

Soar recognises the recent surge in volume of drone content, and the lack of a worldwide channel for drone content and consumers. The Soar exchange platform ensures optimum content with autonomous market-driven prices. Stability and self-regulation are the earmarks of such a process.

With the global drone industry predicted to grow by the billions over the next five years, Soar provides the vital global platform to unite drone user and customers from all around the world. How can we connect drone content providers and consumers rapidly under one platform? It’s possible. It’s Soar.

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