With a wide and global customer base, drone mapping platform DroneDeploy is continually identifying new uses for drone technology. Precision agriculture was one of the early adopters of drone technology: and now, more vineyards are adopting drones to make better wine. It's not the romantic view of the wine industry pictured on travel brochures, but drones are helping growers … [Read more...] about The Best Pairing for Wine May be a Drone
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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
Drones and Centipedes: Brazilian Farmers Adopt Precision Agriculture with SimActive
Brazilian farmers are adopting drone technology through a new partnership between SimActive Inc., a world-leader in photogrammetry, and precision agriculture services provider Portal Produtos Agropecuários Ltda (Portal). Portal develops projects in northern Brazil to serve farmers with aerial mapping over agricultural areas, together with high level technical and agronomic … [Read more...] about Drones and Centipedes: Brazilian Farmers Adopt Precision Agriculture with SimActive
Drone Mapping Gets Better and Better: DroneDeploy Releases Live Map, Map Creation in Real-Time
Drone technology is evolving at an incredible pace these days, but few new announcements really offer a really game-changing - or work changing - feature. This one is different. A few years ago, the ability to create a map from drone data in real time would have been unthinkable - but now DroneDeploy, the world's leading drone mapping software platform, has done just … [Read more...] about Drone Mapping Gets Better and Better: DroneDeploy Releases Live Map, Map Creation in Real-Time
Toro Invests in GreenSight Agronomics to Integrate Drones and Irrigation Systems
Agriculture is one of the top verticals for the drone industry. A study by the Farm Journal says that about thirty percent of farmers in the US are already using drone technology; another 30 percent say they'll use them this year. Market reports put the value of the agriculture sector at over $2 billion in the next few years. The ROI for the sector is already clear - and … [Read more...] about Toro Invests in GreenSight Agronomics to Integrate Drones and Irrigation Systems
