@inproceedings{Mayer:2017:Drones,
 abstract = {Recent technology advances allow larger groups of people to reach more remote places. However, threats like sudden changes in weather, dangerous animals, or rough terrain are still present and sometimes underestimated. We propose autonomous personal drones, specifically quadcopters, as a supportive ubiquitous interface during backcountry activities. Due to their flexibility, quadcopters have the potential to support nature activities like hiking, cycling, or climbing. Drones can assist mountaineers during pathfinding and photo taking and protect them from threats. Changes of weather, dangerous animals, or calling for emergency support are all possible applications. We provide an overview of current technologies supporting outdoor activity and recent progress in human-drone interaction. Further, we describe our vision of drones as a personal outdoor assistant, including a perspective on future scenarios as well as a discussion of related challenges.},
 author = {Sven Mayer and Pascal Knierim and Pawel W. Wozniak and Markus Funk},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 natureCHI workshop, in conjunction with ACM mobileHCI'17},
 date = {2017-09-03},
 keywords = {drone, sport, support},
 pages = {6},
 pubstate = {published},
 series = {NatureCHI'17},
 title = {How Drones Can Support Backcountry Activities},
 tppubtype = {inproceedings},
 url = {http://sven-mayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mayer2017drones.pdf},
 volume = {2},
 year = {2017}
}