Author Archives: Kellee

Pix4D: Photogrammetry Application Suite For Mobile and Drone Mapping

Pix4D is a suite of applications used for photogrammetry and mapping/analyzing specific locations for a target area of interest on the earth’s surface. It is compatible with a variety of platforms.The suite’s application tools includes: a flight app, desktop, and cloud platforms. Pix4Dmapper and Pix4Dfields are the two applications particularly useful for precision agriculture purposes.

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Agricultural Drone Rentals

Droneblog           Guest Post By: Emily Folk Drone Rentals Increasing In Agricultural Equipment (Click link to read the entire and original blog) Benefits of Renting and Financing Drones Renting a drone gives you the opportunity to try out the different types of drones (multicopter or fixed wing), cameras and sensors attached to the drone, mapping and analysis

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The Drone Girl’s Best Part-107 Online Test-Prep 2023 List:

You must pass the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aeronautical Knowledge Test, Part-107 Small UAS Rule test, to legally operate a drone commercially. A drone pilot’s license is needed for any type of drone flying that is not for recreational purposes. Here is a list of online courses that will prepare you for taking the Part-107 test

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Parrot Bluegrass Fields Agricultural Quadcopter

It has two embedded cameras. In the front, you have a Full HD video camera and a RGB and multispectral sensor, Parrot Sequoia (See image of sensor below). There is also a sunshine sensor that collects and stores the current environmental light details for the surveyed area. It uses a cloud platform for processing data,

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SenseFly: An AgEagle Company

SenseFly eBee X The eBee X is a lightweight fixed wing drone. It provides accurate results (down to 1.5 cm/.06 in) using the built-in, on-demand RTK/PPK. As with other drones using RTK and PPK, it is not necessary to set ground control points (GCP) to achieve the desired precision in the mapping survey. The eBee

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