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UAV INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

Research and education

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Researchers and academics are using drones to quickly gather accurate data over large areas for results that are repeatable. Drones offer an efficient and cost-effective way to conduct research in environments as diverse as arctic glaciers to a Sub-Saharan desert.

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What are the benefits of drones in research?

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What are the applications of drones in research?

Feasibility AssessmentFeasibility assessment

Assess research project feasibility with real-world data, conditions and context to help plan logistics, methodology, cost and more.

Change Monitoring
Change monitoring

Map, measure, monitor and model changes in a landscape for research or to track project progress.

Vegetation Research
Vegetation research

Use drone EagleNXT’s drone data solutions to capture accurate and high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution data for research in agriculture, forestry, conservation and more.

Climate Water Research
Climate and water research

Conduct water and climate-related research over large areas, including water flow and drought modeling, soil erosion mapping, species counting and classifications.

Geology
Archaeology and geology

Map archeology sites to engineering accuracies for desktop studies and modeling; Understand rock and other geological formations with large area maps.

Infrastructure Research
Infrastructure research

Capture and analyze high-accuracy built environment data such as thermal maps for power substations, roads, towns or more to study infrastructure phenomena or town planning.

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What types of drone data outputs can you expect?

Orthomosaic map

A geospatially accurate and detailed 2D representation of a site. Accurate orthomosaic maps help agronomists monitor fields and extract other insights.

Index maps

Combine multispectral indices for detailed crop, soil and water analyses. MicaSense drone sensors can be used to map Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), NDRE which is sensitive to chlorophyll content in leaves and can also be used for mapping variability in fertilizer requirements, Color Infrared Composites, and OSAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) maps.

Digital Surface Model (DSM)

DSMs accurately depict elevation and are useful in water management and soil monitoring applications.

3D mesh map

A three-dimensional texture (mesh) map with X, Y, Z data can be used for plant physiognomic analysis.

Point clouds

Point cloud maps comprise millions of individual points featuring X, Y, Z geospatial coordinates and with associated RGB/multispectral values, and can be used in yield measurements and crop spraying (or other input) calculations.

Contour lines

Topographic maps take X and Y coordinates from the aerial drone data to generate precise contour intervals.

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What software do you need?

eMotion Software

eMotion

eMotion software is a leading drone software solution for flight planning, geotagging and photo stitching. From here the imagery can be exported for further processing in Pix4D and other software.

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PIX 4D Fields

PIX4DFields

PIX4Dfields photogrammetry software is a popular solution for vegetation and crop mapping and analyses.

Measure Ground Control

Measure Ground Control

Measure Ground Control can be used to manage a drone fleet, as well as to process multispectral imagery from MicaSense sensors.

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