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Table 1 Summary of drone surveys and costs for field survey per site. Cost estimates based on one 4 × 4 vehicle plus driver and fuel, two technical field entomological surveyors plus surveying equipment, community assistant and managerial coordination

From: Using low-cost drones to map malaria vector habitats

Name

Description

Flight time (min)

Total area surveyed (ha)

Cost for field survey team

Cheju_A

Roadside borrow pit

16

28.6

$70

Cheju_B

Natural waterbody

12

16.0

$34

Maboga

Slow moving perennial river

7

18.6

$40

Mwera_A

Irrigated paddy

7

29.8

$64

Mwera_B

Irrigated paddy

10

22.6

$48

Mwera_C

Irrigated paddy

7

18.8

$40

Stone Town

Natural pond close to roadside and coast

6

14.8

$32