Drone Mapping for Environmental Management — A conversation with Dr. Kim Baldwin

From coastal mapping to global training — how a marine biologist turned drone instructor is scaling environmental drone operations worldwide. Desi Ekstein sat down with Dr. Kim Baldwin at the Women and Drones booth during Commercial UAV Expo 2025 in Las Vegas. Dr. Baldwin — marine biologist, commercial drone pilot, and instructor — explains her annual research routine for testing drones and software, how she trains environmental managers to use geospatial data for coastal, agricultural, and disaster applications, and why she’s launching a global training… Video by YouTube channel.