Newbie doing research in africa

Posted by Ola on September 16, 2013 at 1:58am

Hi all

I'm new to drones but very familiar with GIS, GPS and remote sensing. Now we are planning a pilot study in parts of Africa in the beginning of 2014. We want to map village farmlands, preferably multispectral, and simultaniously, we will take soil samples etc. Can you guide me to equipment sutiable for this? I'm a big DIY but for this I have very little time, so it needs to be pre-built. Would you mind share experiences and suggestions to what to get?

 

Sincerely, Ola Hall

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  • iskess September 17, 2013 at 1:38am
    Check out Flightriot.com
    Duffy puts together some very good inexpensive packages.
  • Magnus September 16, 2013 at 2:29am

    Hej Ola,

    Vill du prata lite om detta på svenska får du gärna kontakta mig. magnus@leijonborg.se. Ingen erfarenhet av Afrika, men har byggt några plan som kanske skulle kunna göra jobbet. 

    mvh

    Magnus

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    Gary Mortimer September 16, 2013 at 2:18am

    Hi Ola,

    Be prepared to spend a great deal of money if you don't want to build it yourself. I am in South Africa working with UKZN students on a tracking things from UA.

    A simple platform like the new http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__41322__Hobbyking_Sky_Eye... with an APM 2.6 and a suitably modified camera would work. 

    Its all a matter of how much money you have to spend....

    You also need to think about where you are flying, most of Africa is hot and high, Bixlers and small wings will not lift the camera on a summers day above 5000'

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