Commercial use of drones in farms and other agriculture

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  • Michael Leasure December 15, 2013 at 2:42pm
    To Milan below, we have flown algae blooms, 3D model generation of micro topography using images, marijuana detection, stress in mint crops, drought damage, underground tile location, effects on bio mass with and without fungicide application for Monsanto, effects of weed shading on new plant growth, and several generic health evaluations of corn and soybean crops. We do 40 acres at a time, IR and color. Purdue University is a leader in image processing, regardless of the source of the image.
  • Michael Leasure December 15, 2013 at 2:33pm
    Yes, the image processing has been commercialized for decades. Satellites and light aircraft have created a well worn path for us to follow in agriculture. The primary advantage of a UAS platform is quick deployment, operation below cloud decks, resolution, and immediate access to photos. AGS Brazil bills UAS at the same rate as manned aircraftvso cost savings are something yet to be realized.
  • Charles Radley December 15, 2013 at 2:27pm

    Is there anything happening to commercialize this technology?  e.g. offering  real time image analysis services for farmers ?  I would be interested in the  current status, thanks.

  • James Slizewski December 13, 2013 at 12:58pm

    Hi Scott, what airframe / platform are you using for all that? Plane or 'copter? I'm curious about your setup. Thanks for any info. - Jim

  • Scott M Brown December 13, 2013 at 12:25pm

    Both, we fly a sony nex5 for EO and a TetraCam ADC Micro for NIR NDVI images on the same flight. To give both perspectives to the farmer.

  • MILAN BEHARIE December 13, 2013 at 11:49am

    HI

    What are the fundamental needs of an agriculture UAV? (ie. Would it be purely a aerial perspective, or the post image processing)

  • Michael Leasure October 6, 2013 at 12:42pm
    Is anyone using the IR lense system on the gopro for ag applications? Have a research partner interested in downsizing our entire platform for ease of launch and recovery. Topviewuas.com
  • Jamie Glover July 27, 2013 at 7:25pm

    LanMark, inreference to the app that you are using, I looked at the website and thumbed through it, but I couldnt find anything in the area of georectifying any of the images. Is it possible to do that with the Image J app?

  • Jeffrey Warren July 2, 2013 at 11:50am

    Hi, all - a few links and leads you may be interested in:

    DIY, open source NDVI (and NDVI alternatives) with a single or dual camera, with instructions to do it yourself (also planning to do a $95 point & shoot IR/VIS camera):

    http://publiclab.org/wiki/near-infrared-camera
    http://kickstarter.com/projects/publiclab/infragram-the-infrared-ph...

    There's a web app being developed to do the processing: http://infrapix.pvos.org (prototype stage, but progressing fast)

    Finally, for manual stitching (which is very reasonable and fast, and quite precise when done properly) you can use the free online (and open source) MapKnitter.org, also created/provided by Public Lab. I just lets you align images individually with a base map, and outputs projected GeoTiffs.

    Most of us at Public Lab are doing this from kites and balloons which can fly much higher and lift much more than a UAV so we often get whole fields in just a few photos, so this approach is fast for few photos. It may not fit your use case but give it a shot.

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