Category Archives: Sensors and Cameras

AgEagle: Micasense Altum – PT Sensor

This sensor can record High Resolution thermal, multispectral, and RGB images simultaneously (five mulitspectral bands, panchromatic, and thermal). It is conducuve for Its GSD is down to 1.2 cm ( .74 in.) per pixel at 60 m (200 ft) AGL. The Altum-PT is compatible with a variety of drone brands such as, DJI, Delta Quad,

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Multispectral Sensors

Multispectral Sensors capture images all along the electromagnetic spectrum (the different light wavelengths along the spectrum). The some of the wavelengths included along the light spectrum are the visible  light range, Red, Green, Blue (RGB), and nonvisible wavelengths of near infrared (NIR), mid infrared (MIR), far infrared (FIR) and thermal infrared. Multispectral sensors usually measure

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Zenmuse P1 and Zenmuse L1

Zenmuse P1 is used for aerial surveying (photogrammetry). It has a full frame sensor and interchangeable fixed focal lenses on a stabilized gimble. Where Zenmuse L1 uses Lidar + RGB for the aerial surveying solution. It uses a Livox Lidar module, an IMU sensor, to achieve high accuracy in the surveying. It also uses a

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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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DJI Matrice 300 RTK (M300 RTK)

DJI Matrice 300 RTK has a flight time of up to 55 minutes, advanced AI capabilities, and six directional positions and sensing. It can fly in an extreme range of temperatures (-4°F – 104°F, -20°C – 40°C). It uses OcuSync Enterprise transmission system. It has a transmission range of 15km (9.32 miles). It can automatically switch

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DJI P4 Multispectral

The P4 Multispectral, P4 M, is very similar to the Phantom 4 RTK; both have the RTK built-in system all-in-one platform. The main difference can be found in the camera packaged with this drone. It has an RGB camera and five cameras that comprises the multispectral camera array. The Phantom 4 RTK is equipped with

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