Gender
Male
About
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape
About Me:
I am an economist with a special interest in food security and agricultural productivity enhancement. I've also worked as a Business Analyst and Systems Analyst and I designed a niche governmental performance system. In my spare time I enjoy hang gliding and, when I'd rather not fly myself, I fly one of my RC planes or multicopters.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
UAVs are a very exciting area to me, not least because they are cutting-edge, combine aviation, development and analysis. In Africa, starvation is all too real and I see UAVs as a cost-effective way of enhancing agricultural productivity. Besides their role in helping to obtain high resolution multi-spectral imagery, UAVs can also assist with land mapping, which can contribute to optimum land use policy. In September 2014 we launched our agricultural drone: http://www.agridrone.co
Hometown:
Cape Town
Activity Feed
"Thanks for the feedback!"
"Have you checked this guy's products out? He has two that are soldered to the shutter button, one with focus and shutter, the other with just shutter. Also an IR option but that has too much latency I guess:…"
"This is brilliant! Well done on a new clever failsafe"
"Fantastic idea and execution - would love to buy one!"
"Maybe multi-spectral ag products from drones are under threat from satellites, but not basic hi-res crop scouting, live video surveillance of livestock, inspection (eg drainage) and security applications. Those products have a bright future."
"Great innovations, thank you for sharing!"
"Just picked up from Hennie Kieser's interview on Jacaranda FM: cost for licenses are expected to run to R150 000 (about $12000) as CAA expects to charge R600 per hour while vetting our documentation. Are we all still thrilled about these new…"
"Compare these regulations with those of Canada, the UK or Australia - they are significantly more draconian. Do you know you'll need annual audits, license renewals (biennial in the case of the RPL), four different certifications/licenses including…"
"Nope, ESC calibration is under setup, not motor sync. It has disappeared."
"Has the motorsync test been removed? I can't find it in the CLI"
"Agree with Daniel, that is a low C battery, overload it and you're looking for trouble"
"Great work Mark, I've been looking for a good example of drone-imagery plant classification and I think this is one."
"I use a converted metal post box. I've noticed metal boxes have become really expensive if you buy them new, so converting something you already have is a cheaper option."
"Hi Alexander, thanks for the feedback. I generally don't make 4 band composites but I have attached the NRGs for the relevant areas of the images. Hope they can be of use.
BTW this is a 50% resize using nearest neighbour, whereas the NDVIs above…"
BTW this is a 50% resize using nearest neighbour, whereas the NDVIs above…"
"Sure Dave, so long as you credit us in some way, I would be fine with it."
"Hi John Our policy has always been results-based. Not taking anything away from other folks with more extensive methods, but if our work can yield credible, verifiable results, we prefer to keep it simple. Flying at 50m there is no atmospheric light…"
