French enterprise drone manufacturer and aerial data provider Delair and Geosys, a specialist in satellite and weather data analytics for agriculture, have announced a partnership to expand data gathering and analysis in precision farming. The result of the partnership will be a single analytics platform that integrates drone and satellite data for agriculture companies … [Read more...] about Delair and Geosys Partner on Precision Agriculture
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Tom Walker Has One Major Message for the Drone Industry
At last week's InterDrone Conference, DroneUp CEO Tom Walker delivered a clear message to the drone industry: the time to make money and provide services is now. Don't wait for regulation, don't wait for industry maturity - but focus on the opportunities available today, because there are plenty of them out there. Walker is the founder and CEO of DroneUp, a comprehensive … [Read more...] about Tom Walker Has One Major Message for the Drone Industry
Can Drones Compete with Satellite Images? How BVLOS Will Change Global Agriculture
At this week's InterDrone conference in Las Vegas, Michael Ritter of SlantRange gave a great presentation - and explained how drones may be able to completely revolutionize global agriculture. Imagine aerial data that can tell you much, much more than which areas of your fields are planted and relatively healthy or the standard analysis received from comparing crops to … [Read more...] about Can Drones Compete with Satellite Images? How BVLOS Will Change Global Agriculture
Drone Video of the Amazon Rain Forest Devastation brings the Tragedy to Life.
While we have all heard about the devastation of the Amazon Rain Forest due to recent fires, this drone video originally published by The Guardian and the Reuters News Service shows the extent of the damage. While experts say that the dry season is a time where forest fires are common, this year is unusually severe, with some putting the land area ablaze as having an 80% … [Read more...] about Drone Video of the Amazon Rain Forest Devastation brings the Tragedy to Life.
Taking Drones in Agriculture to the Next Level: the SmartFruit Project
Food security is a global problem that requires a global solution. An international group of researchers led by Dr. Stanley Best, Director Nacional Programa Agricultura de Precisión of INIA Quilamap in Chile, is tackling one aspect using a system of autonomous drones: specifically, a DJI prosumer drone with a Heisha autonomous drone charging system. The "SmartFruit" project … [Read more...] about Taking Drones in Agriculture to the Next Level: the SmartFruit Project
