AEROLUTION GmbH Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101 10553 Berlin
Use of UAV in agriculture
Use of collected Information • fertilizer optimization • pest control • watering optimization • erosion control
• area detection • biomass detection • vegetation analysis biomass Leaf Area Index (LAI)
• change analysis
Equipment
• UAV (drone) • Sensors – photocamera (RGB) – multispectralcamera
– thermalcamera • computer and software
Ergebnistypen
orthophotos
Photos for the analysis of •Vitality •malnutrition • pest infestations
digital terrain models: •Plant height •erosion, •water balance
ISO-lines for the creation of antierosion channels
vitality maps
Malnutrition maps
vegetation maps e.g. NDVI
water stress maps for irrigation control
Workflow (1 / 2)
location
area size
result type
resolution
precision
define basic parameters choose UAV type
choose sensors
fly mission processing of image data automatically
manually
Workflow (2 / 2)
analyze results areas and volumes
digital surface models
orthophotos
change analysis
MEASURE & SOLUTION fertilization
plant protection
irrigation
erosion protection
Example mission: sensor/method: purpose:
pineapple field optical photo, visual inspection analysis of plant vitality
100 m
Thamm, 2013
Example mission: sensor/method: purpose:
pineapple field multispektralphoto, analysis of chlorophyll content analysis of plant vitality
healthy field reduced productivity due to diseases and weeds
100 m Thamm, 2013
Beispiel mission: sensor/method: purpose:
ananas field multispektralphoto, analysis of chlorophyll content analysis of plant vitality
100 m Thamm, 2013
Example mission: sensor/method: purpose:
100 m
pineapple field digital terrain model, automatic generation of contour lines for controlling the bulldozers pull the anti-erosion channels erosion measures
resolution 10 cm x 10 cm
Thamm, 2013
Example mission: sensor/method: purpose:
field crops photocamera, yield map from digital surface model job documentation and optimization
Jakobi, 2007
Example field crops multispektralcamera, NDVI calculation and analysis vitality analysis
+ chlorophyll content
mission: sensor/method: purpose:
Thamm, 2013
Example mission: sensor/method: purpose:
field crops photocamera, digital surface model determination of growth height
Thamm, 2013