Many of us seek methods to optimize crop production by gaining more information from the field. Various technologies are available for grower’s aid electronic devices, sensors, data management applications, and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to name a few. These trends became more critical in the past decade or so and became a center of research
The concept of open source for software development, projects, source code, and the like pertains to the notion that it is available for public use, can be modified and freely shared. It embodies the community-based philosophy where open exchange of ideas and collaborative work is embraced for the sake of perfecting an idea, source code,
QGroundControl is an open source application that works with any Mavlink enabled drone. It allows you to have full control of your unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and planning for its flight missions. QGroundControl is compatible with Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, and Android platforms. Its source code is available on Github. Also, it works with
Ardupilot is an open source software suite that can be used to autonomously control a variety of unmanned vehicles including aerial drones (multicopter and fixed-wing). Ardupilot evolved from the efforts of hobbyist looking to control their model aircraft and rovers to maturing into a full-fledged, self-governing autopilot that has been applied to many unmanned vehicle
MavSDK is not drone or brand specific and it is built on the Pixhawk Standard which was developed by Pixhawk Special Interest Group (orchestrated by the Dronecode Foundation). They developed it so there would be an open source library support for Mavlink based drones. You can find Readme files, code and downloads about the Pixhawk