Using Drone Imagery & Analytics across Agriculture
Key takeaway
Drone technology is transforming the way farmers manage their crops. Drone imagery enables easier monitoring of field activities and can help maximize yields. Today, in less than 50 minutes, drone technology can survey a 160-acre field, identify variations in plant health, and provide intel to farmers in near real time. This accelerates agronomic decisions and helps field workers execute dedicated scouts on areas of concern that are identified by drone imagery.
This agriculture-focused demo, which highlights Site Scan for ArcGIS, shows you how to use drone imagery for this kind of real-time awareness. Learn key workflow steps including how to share drone data with field workers.
Drone data collection and mapping are just the beginning of what’s possible with imagery. Using high-resolution drone imagery with advanced analysis, the detection of leaf spot disease symptoms, for example, can proceed faster and through automation. In this demo, learn how you can incorporate drone data that you’ve collected into advanced analyses to produce insights that are site specific, relevant, and timely. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to use Esri tools to create a workflow that is repeatable and straightforward, and how you can share insights with various stakeholders to inform agronomic decision-making.
The demo specifically highlights how to export drone imagery from Site Scan for ArcGIS (Esri’s end-to-end, cloud-based drone mapping software) and bring it into ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online to extend analyses, for instance, to perform raster analysis. This capability can provide more detailed information to help identify variations in plant health and areas of concern—such as weeds, pests, or disease—that can then be shared with field workers. These insights can be pushed to mobile devices quickly, which means farm and forest managers on the ground can easily access the analyses and efficiently scout the land, monitor vegetation health, and (in the case of farmers) potentially maximize yields.
Workflow Steps
- Import drone data into ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online for advanced analysis.
- Run raster analysis to gather detailed information on vegetation health.
- Apply Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) or red edge measurements to identify pests or disease in areas of interest.
- Push data to mobile devices to share with field workers.
- Use ArcGIS Field Maps to view information products and help field workers carry out scouting in a more efficient way.
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