Drone flight parameters for Agriculture

Modified on: Tue, 3 Dec, 2019 at 3:26 PM

AGRICULTURE
	Products	Scouting maps	Fcover Emergence Flowering StayGreen	Plant height (Field crops)	Gaps and Count (Field crops)	Precision weed control
Fixed Wing	RGB	Flight height : Minimum 90 m (~GSD=6cm) ⁽²⁾ Forward overlap : 80% Side overlap : 80%			Flight height : 70 m for UX11 AG (~GSD=5cm) ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ Otherwise : 90 m Forward overlap : 80% Side overlap : 80%
	Multispectral
	Lidar mVux
Multirotor	RGB	Flight height : Minimum 90 m (~GSD=6cm) ⁽²⁾ Forward overlap : 80% Side overlap : 80%			Flight height : between 50 m (~GSD=3,5cm) and 80 m (~GSD=5,5cm) ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ Forward overlap : 80% Side overlap : 80%
	Multispectral
	Tips	Set GCP (otherwise, use a PPK enabled UAV and a GPS base station) Avoid to fly during azimut sun period or when the sun is low (shadows) Avoid to fly when the weather is alternating between sunny and cloudy Take pictures of the calibration panel BEFORE and AFTER the flight (multispectral) If there are multiple flights on the the same Area of Interest (for a campaign), the UAV must be equiped with PPK or RTK function. In addition, we recommend to use a mobile GNSS station. If you use a fixed known GNSS station, the maximum distance to the Area of Interest is 15km. Add additionnal UAV trajectories outside the Area of Interest ⁽¹⁾ The Canopy Size must be equal to twice the GSD : ex: Canopy size is 8 cm; GSD must be 4 cm ⁽²⁾ GSD calculated for Micasense RedEdge MX sensor.