Hi all, I have just merged some new code for exporting from Mission Planner the necessary files for Ensomosaic integration (*.TRP and *.GPS).
I'd like to get in touch with some users of EnsoMosaic in order to test the development done.... a feedback f
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We have recently purchased a NGB converted camera (NIR, G and B channels) with the goal of observing different vegetation indices (DVI, NDVI, SAVI, etc) from UAV-captured images. We were hoping some of you may have some tips on c
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We are looking to develop a UAV for crop surveying where the stress identification will be performed mainly by an infrared camera. We are not looking to spent too much money on the sensor and have been considering modifying a normal RG
Read more…We had the opportunity to head out to Illinois last week to get one of our drones into the hands a company that some test plots and to set up a booth at the inaugural Precision Aerial Ag Show (PAAS). The show was really illuminating and I was overwhe
Read more…I have been working on a crop/golf course dusting Hex AgCopter. I am using a DJI S800 with DIY APM as the controller. We did some preliminary test using a simple spray rig to test the feasibility. It was a good test and now I'm working on a better sp
Read more…I have this crazy idea of building a crop dusting copter. It could be multi purpose vehicle but spraying all kinds of crops on those huge fields drives me crazy :) It could also pretty nicely fall into the concept of precision agriculture when first
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Thanks for all of the great discussion on my last post about the DVI vs. NDVI vegetation indices. We have done a lot more work in the area and have come to a pretty strong conclusion that, for our purposes and equipment, DVI images really na
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now that I have a drone with RGB and NGB cameras onboard, Pixhawk working well (except airspeed sensor), automatic triggering of both cameras at the same time (sync), Photoscan Pro to deliver orthomosaic/DEM pretty easy and fast, I c
Thanks to all of your for your great feedback on my last blog post on airframe selection. There has been a lot of interest and misinformation about NDVI images on here recently, so I thought the topic deserved its own post. Briefly, I explained a lit
Read more…I am working on putting a system together and my concern is that I may need to gimbal the camera which is a canon A810 to keep my shots pointing mostly at the ground. Has anyone else had experience with this, and if you have could you list the gimal
Read more…There is a heated discussion below about quadcopter vs. fixed wings for agricultural applications and I mentioned I would write up how Agribotix selected the RV Jet as an airframe.
Briefly, a fixed wing is roughly five times more efficient than a quad
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Watching the sUAS Expo in San Francisco really got me thinking... we are at the beginning of a HUGE trend.
The consensus is that the number one application for Drone technology over the next few years will be Agriculture. More
I am really interested in working with some of my farmer friends to monitor crops using NDVI. I get the concept, but what I am struggling with is using the reading to reflect nitrogen needs vs irrigation needs. I have been reading scholarly articles,
Read more…Smiling :-) Farmers may or may not use advanced technology (GPS tractors, etc....).
Do you just explain what you do in a few words, give a biz card and let them think about it ?
Or do you have your drone in hand and make a free first session and hand i
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I have been doing a lot of reading around the use of UAV's for Agriculture, a lessons learned by 3DR staff related to the agricultural use of UAV's (http://robohub.org/ten-lessons-for-farm-drones/) basically said that multi rotors would be a more
Read more…The emphasis in the agricultural drone space lies heavily on conventional, irrigated farming. Most companies are interested in fertilizer application and general indicators of crop health, but we suspected that organic farmers may be able to find som
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I'm looking to build a fixed win drone for mapping small fields and was wondering if anyone has any suggested air frames / parts lists that have really worked for them. I was thinking about a skywalker 1880 or an X-8 (although one reviewer I
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Is there a software that can count automatically the number of plants in a crop?
Example, counting soy plants. I know there are several limitations to this but is there any software that can speed up the proccess? (besides ImageJ)
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Read more…I am new at this, and so far have not been able to determine what software is being used or recommended. Most of the software I find is either to do panorama's or heavy duty 3D. I assume Agisoft works, but is expensive.
Georeferenced or not?
Where i
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Patrico said manufacturers such as Kinze have developed tractor-driven grain carts that don’t need drivers to pull alongside a combine and load up with grain harvested from the field. With th
