This magazine isn't online, but you can get it on your iPad, Kindle or Android tablet via NextIssue. The article is a pretty basic overview, with examples of using a Rite Wing Zephyr and a hexacopter along with a Canon s100 modified with the IR filter removed. But it's notable that drones are getting this kind of attention in agriculture.
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Funny how you can fly a ultralight without a license and at 500 feet but you can't fly a 3lbs quad copter at < 400 ft.
This is already happening in the UK.
We operate a commercial UAS based agricultural data service which was launched earlier this year following several years of research:
URSULA Agriculture
Very interesting info. Currently I am doing aerial mapping for an oil palm plantation. The main objective of this operation is to count palm stand and discover vacant point. I am also using Canon S100. The resolution is about 10 cm per pixel at 300 meter altitude. We can map about 250 Ha of land in 30 to 40 minutes.
It happen that I also got a maxmax modify Canon S100. Have not try out yet. I understand that the so call ndvi obtain by the camera is relative and if we map a large area, light condition change will affect the result. May be agpixel can have a breakthrough in this area?
Chris, ur previous avatar was good !
Hard to believe there are enough farms for an Arducopter IR mapping product to have the kind of volume it needs to be profitable.
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