Western Farm Press Article
Faster method to detect farm problems takes flight.
The GeoBlu Explorer searches fields for trouble spots caused by pests and diseases, plant nutrition and water issues, and more.
A group of Arizona growers were like ‘kids in a toy store’ last fall during a precision agriculture remote helicopter field demonstration at a cotton field.
The growers watched as Jared Siegler placed video-display goggles over his eyes, picked up a remote controller-transmitter, and guided a quadcopter outfitted with two cameras across a cotton field searching for crop problems.
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Search and Rescue
With both thermal sensors and cameras, UAVs can help discover the location of lost persons quicker and at a lower cost than full size aircraft. The search and rescue mission is a battle against time, particularly in harsh conditions, and UAVs become a powerful tool because of the ease of deployment particularly at night or in challenging terrain.
Environmental Monitoring
UAVs fill a gap between manned aerial inspections and traditional fieldwork by monitoring hard to reach areas, or taking readings in contaminated areas where human health would be at risk. The ability to quickly deploy and capture an area of interest in concert with In position measurements, provides an advantage to contamination and reclamation work. Near-infrared sensors provide details of plant health to determine environmental health. UAV aerial data can produce prescription maps to aid farmers in determining crop stress levels, drought indicators, temperature effects and water and fertilizer variation and more. The site-specific insight will greatly improve habitat restoration, environmental assessments, monitoring, and remediation.
Emergency Response
After a highway accident or natural or man-made disaster, a UAV provides a quick means to gather information, navigate debris with portable and useful sensors. Applications include a variety of sensors for hazardous material incidents, wildfires (to determine extent and thermal sensors to determine hot spots). In addition, aerial images can provide important information for accident reconstruction that ground systems may miss.