M'malo mokhala maola ambiri akudutsa m'minda ya tirigu, balere ndi mbatata ndikuyembekeza kuti amvetsetsa bwino momwe thanzi la m'munda limawonekera, Brad Nielson amawona ngati mbalame, kumupulumutsa nthawi ndi kupondaponda. Zithunzi zapamlengalenga zimathandizira kuzindikira kwa Nielson, katswiri wazachuma ku Walters Produce ku Newdale, Idaho, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kuyendera kwake kukhale kothandiza kwambiri. "M'chaka chonga ichi, zithunzi zimadzilipira zokha pakukula kwa mbewu ndi thanzi la mbewu," akutero. Nielsen amadalira Mafilimu, nsanja yazithunzi za satellite yomwe imaphatikiza malamulo a scouting ndi kusinthasintha kwa mitengo ya alimi, akatswiri azachuma ndi ogulitsa malonda.
"Tili ndi ulimi wothirira wapakati pafupifupi maekala aliwonse, koma tiyenera kukhala adindo abwino chifukwa kumpoto chakumadzulo kuli chilala chachikulu," akutero. “Tikuyesetsa kuti tisathirire mopitirira muyeso, koma sitingakwanitsenso kuthirira pang’ono. Tagwiritsa ntchito FarmShots kuyesa kupeza zosagwirizana ndi kuthirira kwathu. ”
Ndi ulimi wothirira wapakati-pivot, mphuno yomangika pang'ono kapena yocheperako imawononga, koma zovutazo ndizovuta kuzizindikira pansi mbewu zisanawonongeke. Pogwiritsa ntchito zithunzi za satellite, pankhaniyi FarmShots, Nielson amayang'ana tsiku ndi tsiku momwe minda imayankhira pa ulimi wothirira komanso chiwopsezo chomwe chimabwera chifukwa cha zovuta za abiotic. Ngati chithunzicho chikuyamba kusonyeza kupanikizika muzozungulira, mwachitsanzo, amadziwa kuyang'anitsitsa njira yothirira kuti apeze gwero la kupsinjika maganizo.
Kuwongolera ndi Mawonedwe a Mbalame
Ma Drones ndi zithunzi za satellite zikuchulukirachulukira chifukwa alimi amayesetsa kukhala okhazikika komanso otsika mtengo. Chifukwa zida izi zimapereka mawonekedwe amunda wonse, zimathandizira kuwongolera zosankha zomwe ziyenera kupangidwa panthawi yokolola. Rob Austin, North Carolina State anati: “Mukaganizira za kukula ndi kukula kwa minda ina imene tikuiona masiku ano ndiponso mmene munthu mmodzi angakhozere kuyang’ana pathupi, ma drone ndi zithunzi za satelayiti zimachititsa kuti mbewuyo isamale bwino ngakhale kuti pali zolephera zimenezo,” akutero Rob Austin, m’boma la North Carolina. Katswiri wa zaulimi waku University precision. "Atha kupitilira maekala ambiri."
Pamene minda ikuphatikizana, Austin akuyembekeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito ma drones kapena ma satellite - ndipo mwina awiriwo mogwirizana - adzangowonjezeka. (Ngati mukuganiza ngati imodzi kapena ina ingakhale yabwino pafamu yanu, onani kufananitsa mbali ndi mbali pansi pa tsamba ili.)
Ma Drones amafunikira njira yodzipangira nokha kuposa zithunzi za satellite. Drones amakhalanso ndi zoletsa zambiri komanso njira yophunzirira yokulirapo. Austin akuchenjeza omwe angagwire ntchito kuti atsimikize kuti amvetsetsa zofunikira za boma ndi Federal Aviation Administration asanagwiritse ntchito ukadaulo wa drone.
Dziwani Zomwe Muyenera Kuyembekezera ndi Ma Satellite
Chifukwa zithunzi za satellite si chida chodzipangira nokha, ndikofunikira kuti ogwiritsa ntchito amvetsetse zomwe angasankhe. Kwa FarmShots makamaka, mitundu ingapo yazithunzi ilipo. "Masetilaiti amapereka chithunzi cha mlengalenga cha zomwe zikuchitika pansi," akutero Gina Sanson, woyang'anira malonda a FarmShots. "Chimodzi mwazithunzi zopindulitsa kwambiri ndi NDVI [normalized difference vegetation index]. Imayesa thanzi la mbewu pozindikira kuchuluka kwa kuwala komwe mbewu imayamwa ndi momwe ikuwunikira.
NDVI ndi ma algorithms ena omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito pazithunzi amatanthauza kuti simungodalira maso kuti muzindikire kusiyana kwamitundu m'magawo, akufotokoza Nielson. Izi zimathandizira zisankho zolowa mosavuta, zosankha zokolola ndi zosankha zina za thanzi la mbewu zomwe zingakhudze phindu lanu nyengo iliyonse.
"Mutha kuyang'ana chithunzi chokhala ndi ma algorithms ena ndikusefa phokoso lomwe limabwera chifukwa chokhala ndi dothi lopanda kanthu m'munda ngati nyengo yoyambirira," akufotokoza motero Nielson. Izi zimatipatsa lingaliro labwino la thanzi la mbewu.
Nielson adachita nawo ntchito yoyeserera chaka chathachi yomwe idawunikira kufunika kwa zithunzi zowoneka bwino tsiku lililonse. “Chaka chino tikupeza chithunzithunzi tsiku lililonse. Chifukwa FarmShots ikukonza zithunzi ndikubwerera kwa ife mwachangu, zakhala zomveka pamene timapanga zisankho. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tidagwiritsa ntchito FarmShots chaka chino - anali ndi nthawi yosinthira zithunzi, "akupitiliza.
FarmShots ikulonjeza kupereka zithunzi za satellite m'njira yosavuta komanso yolunjika yomwe ndi yosavuta kumva. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi mafoni, pakompyuta komanso piritsi. Ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kulemba zolemba zawo, kupeza malo omwe ali ndi vuto ndi kutsatira GPS, ndi kulola akatswiri azachuma ndi ogulitsa zinthu kuti athe kupeza mosavuta.
Monga zithunzi zopangidwa ndi ma drones ndi ma satelayiti, tsogolo laukadaulo uwu likuwonekera bwino - ndipo likuyenda bwino. Kaya chifukwa cha kukula kwa minda, chuma chaulimi kapena chikhumbo chokhala wokhazikika, kugwiritsa ntchito diso lakumwamba kungakuthandizeni kuyika ndalama m'manja mwanu.
Zithunzi za Satellite | Ma Drone (Magalimoto A Mlengalenga Osayendetsedwa) | |
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Dera lozungulira | Global | Mwachindunji |
Chigamulo | Mamita (kuyambira 1 mpaka 30) | Masentimita (1 mpaka 10) |
Kusunga nthawi | Tsiku lililonse mpaka masabata | Instant |
Malipilo | 1000+ mapaundi | 0.5 mpaka 55 mapaundi (drone + payload maximum) |
Zoletsa zamlengalenga | palibe | Inde, ma airspace osalamulirika (kalasi G) osakwana 400' pamwamba pa nthaka |
Kudalirika kwaukadaulo | Zatsimikiziridwa | Zatsopano, zikusintha mwachangu |
Zolepheretsa pamtambo | Itha kubisa zithunzi | Zimagwira ntchito pansi pa mitambo |
Kugwiritsa ntchito mosavuta | Zambiri zimafuna zolembetsa | Maluso owonjezera, kulembetsa ndi nthawi yophunzirira zofunika kusonkhanitsa deta |