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DJI recently released a free flight planning application called GS Pro (currently only available for iOS) that is oriented to commercial users of its drones.  We have been putting the app through its paces for planning agricultural survey flights and find it a solid performer, comparable to, or better than, many of the paid options.  To learn moreRead more

Agribotix conducted a test of two vegetation indices, VARI and TGI, that use only the three visible-band signals from an unmodified CMOS camera. The results were compared to NDVI, which is generally considered to be a reliable measure of field health and the underlying RGB image. While the results are somewhat encouraging in limited cases, it is clear that neither VARI nor TGI are applicable as general-purposes measures of field health.

With the growing season winding down in the northern hemisphere, some growers might be thinking about putting their drones away for winter storage. Drones use lithium polymer (LiPo) batteries which are very powerful and lightweight compared to most other types of batteries, but LiPo batteries also need special care for storage. Follow these tips toRead more

Last Friday Agribotix incremented its count of certificated Part 107 pilots. I wasn’t jonesin’ to be the first out of the gate to take the exam but after a month I figured enough dust had settled. Here are a few observations and comments. The content covered is pretty much exactly what is described in thisRead more

How to Survey Closed-Canopy Corn Image stitching software uses reference points in the various images to mesh them together at the correct orientation. When dealing with a field where the texture is consistent and there are no unique reference points, this software has it’s work cut out for it. Case in point is late-season corn.Read more

What to do if you don’t have satellite imagery to plan a mission? This is a guest post from Agribotix customer, Walter Morawa, flying the Enduro Drone over pineapple plantations in Costa Rica. Imaging out in the middle of nowhere in Costa Rica can get tricky. If you happen to have enough internet signal to findRead more

New Mapping Interface for FarmLens We have felt that the FarmLens™ needs an easier way to access processed data. For the past year, we have given you your results in a list view which provides a quick way to see all of your data at once. However, the page has provided you little in termsRead more

Mobile mapping with Solo, GoPro, Tower, and the Agribotix Field Extractor This blog posting by Agribotix co-founder, Dan McKinnon, cross posted HERE at DIYDrones. There has been a lot of interest in autonomous mission planning and mapping using Solo since release. Good news: mission planning with Solo is exactly the same as it was withRead more

Satellite imagery and aerial imagery from drones is naturally complimentary, providing two unique perspectives over the farm. 

Bring Your Own Drone™ Prep Flowsheet First-time users of the Agribotix Bring Your Own Drone™ (BYOD) image processing services often have questions about how to make sure output image products can be easily ported into existing software packages like SST or SMS and combined with existing data layers.  Generally, if you’re interested in precision agriculture applications, its important that imagery products beRead more