Application of UAV based high-resolution remote sensing for crop monitoring

SWATI SINGH

Abstract


Advances in technologies could offer enormous potential for crop monitoring applications, allowing the real-time acquisition of various environmental data. Technology such as high spatio-temporal imagery of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) can be widely used in crop monitoring applications. These technologies are expected to revolutionize the global agriculture practices, by enabling decision-making during the crop cycle days. Such results allow the effective practice of agricultural inputs, aiding precision agriculture pillars, i.e., applying the right practice in the right place, with the right amount and time. However, the actual exploitation of UAV’s has not been much strong in smart farming, mainly due to the challenges faced during selecting and deploying relevant technologies, including data acquisition and processing methods. The major problem is that there is still no consistent workflow for the use of UAV’s in such areas, as this mechanization is relatively new. In this article, the latest applications of UAV’s for crop monitoring are reviewed. It covers the most common applications, the types of UAV’s used and then we focused on data acquisition methods and technologies, employing the benefit and drawbacks of each. It also indicates the most popular image processing methods and summarizes the potential application in agricultural operations.  

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