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An accuracy and coverage leader among professional mapping drones, the Aeromat now features the latest MicaSense multispectral payload option, the RedEdge-MX. In fact, the WingtraOne is now the only VTOL drone to carry the robustified RedEdge, making it perfect for those in need of wide-coverage and high-quality multispectral imagery and reliable mapping results even in harsh conditions.
The RedEdge-MX allows farmers and specialists to seamlessly compare detailed maps of crops and forest over the weeks, months and seasons. Its outputs can be used for crop health indexes, true-color composite imagery and advanced analysis. In one flight, you can gather RGB color, NDVI and advanced vegetation index layers.
The MX upgrade introduces high accuracy radiometric calibration–due to its new patent-pending sensor, the DLS 2–along with enhanced durability and temperature resistance. RedEdge-MX features include:
Providing a comprehensive view into crop health
Some differences among species may not be visible to the naked eye. High-quality multispectral data allows for species differentiation by highlighting characteristics such as chlorophyll content, vigor, and leaf size.
Analytics developed with multispectral data can identify and highlight weeds, as weeds may have a different spectral signature than the planted crop.
High-quality multispectral imagery provides advanced field scouting capabilities. In one flight, it is possible to collect accurate and geotagged information of a problem, making easy to assess the situation and determine the appropriate intervention.
One of the advantages of a calibrated multispectral sensor is the generation of aligned outputs, which can be used to create digital surface models (DSM). A DSM provides insights into water management, land uses and terrain elevation.
By measuring the reflectance on the red edge band, RedEdge allows the detection of irrigation leaks. The reflectance of the plants located in the areas with excessive irrigation varies from the rest of the field, oftentimes appearing healthier and showing high NDRE values.
Manually measuring plant characteristics is time-consuming. RedEdge-MX captures more data in less time, allowing researchers to understand how different breeds react to certain environments and modify desirable traits in order to improve yield.
Low chlorophyll content is often an early indicator of plant stress. RedEdge-MX captures both visible and invisible spectral bands. From the different bands, it is possible to generate indices to see individual chlorophyll levels in the plants and compare over time.
RedEdge-MX can provide powerful insights into water management. For example, color composites using the NIR band (like CIR) can help users identify overly damp areas. In addition, areas that are benefiting from excess irrigation will be highlighted.
RedEdge-MX not only allows for easy identification of areas low in nutrients but also help monitor the effects of fertilizer applications throughout the season and determine if, when, and where a new application is needed.
RedEdge-MX captures a critical part of the light spectrum for studying plants (712–722 nm), called the red edge band. It is in this section of the spectrum that the first signs of stress start to show. Using analytics generated with the red edge band, growers can identify disease sooner and act faster to stop the spread.
RedEdge-MX is one of the most flexible solutions on the market, with optimized GSD (resolution), the new DLS 2 light sensor, a global shutter for distortion-free images, the ability to generate plant health indexes and RGB (color) images from one flight, and the freedom of platform-agnostic data. All in a compact size and low weight that allow it to be used with a wide variety of unmanned aircraft systems.
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