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Civil Drone Technology in Nature Monitoring

2020-05-15SPECTORSAll, Object Recognition

Bureau Waardenburg (BUWA; https://www.buwa.nl) is a SPECTORS partner who specializes in the fields of ecology, environment and landscape design, commissioned by both governments and private companies. Inside the SPECTORS project, BUWA focuses on developing products for monitoring nature and water. Identifying Caltha palustris from aerial images using deep learning Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have...

Linking scientific developments and industrial applications

2020-04-21SPECTORSAll, Big Data, Drone Positioning, Hyperspectral, Object Recognition, Precision Agriculture, Surveying and Inspection

Hochschule Rhein-Waal (HSRW; https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/en) is one of the scientific partners within the SPECTORS project and is responsible to link scientific development and industrial use between partners. Through close collaboration with different partners within the SPECTORS project, HSRW had made progress in different applications. On-premise cluster environment for remote sensing applications Knowing the importance of...

Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Plant Growth

2020-03-19SPECTORSAll, Hyperspectral, Precision Agriculture

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZ Jülich; www.fz-juelich.de) is one of the biggest research facilities in Germany. Within the scope of the SPECTORS project, FZ Jülich is developing remote sensing and data processing technology for precision farming as well as for increasing the digitalization in agriculture. Research in FZ Jülich There are three core research focuses in FZ...

Advanced Radar Surveillance for Safety Relevant Areas

2020-02-03SPECTORSAll, Radar

IMST GmbH (IMST; www.imst.com) is a SPECTORS partner who specializes in radio technologies and microelectronics. Their focus in the project is to develop and implement a radar module into surveillance systems. Radar as a component in on-premise surveillance When compared with the traditional camera surveillance system, radar has its advantage especially in public places where...

Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation

2020-01-14SPECTORSAll, Fieldwork, Object Recognition

The Naturschutzzentrum im Kreis Kleve e.V. (NZ-Kleve; www.nz-kleve.de) is one of the SPECTORS partners, responsible for nature preservation in many protected areas within the district of Kleve since 1993. Within the SPECTORS project, NZ-Kleve focuses on exploring new methods in nature conservation using remote sensing and airborne technologies. Water level monitoring The UAV system makes...

From Soil Conditions to Water and Agricultural Crop Management

2020-01-06SPECTORSAll, Precision Agriculture

KnowH2O (https://www.knowh2o.nl/en/) is a SPECTORS partner (SME) that specializes in hydrology, water management and water quality research and consultant services. Within the scope of the SPECTORS project, KnowH2O is developing application prototypes and solutions for farm management and an integrated online information service. Optimizing grassland fertilization practices To give an example, KnowH2O in cooperation...

Big drones for future farming

2019-11-14SPECTORSAll, Big Drones, Precision Agriculture

Drone4Agro (http://drone4agro.com), one of the partners in the SPECTORS project, focuses on developing drone technologies for the agricultural sectors. The expertise of Drone4Agro includes spraying drones for precision agriculture and docking stations for recharging and refilling of the drones. Spraying drones Understanding that small open field horticulturalist and greenhouse owner have different needs than...

Leaf analysis – Take control of crops during growth

2019-08-13SPECTORSAll, Handheld Infrared Sensors

AgroCares (https://www.agrocares.com/en) is one of the SPECTORS partners whose focus is to optimize the harvest by using a handheld near-infared (NIR) spectrometer. The services of AgroCares include soilcares, feedcares, insectcares and recently also leafcares. Services of AgroCares: Full-farm concept AgroCares Nutrient Scanner As the increased pressure on agricultural productivity caused by the raising world...

From drone images to vegetation classes

2019-07-26SPECTORSAll, Object Recognition

KWR Water Research Institute (http://www.kwrwater.nl) is one of the SPECTORS partners that focuses on creating high quality vegetation maps using images of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS, commonly known as “drones”). Object recognition and vegetation mapping KWR developed an object recognition workflow to convert Remote sensing images (by RPAS or satellites) into a number of…

The General Assembly 24.05.2019

2019-07-08SPECTORSAll, Events, Networking

On the 24th of May 2019, the 2nd General Assembly of the SPECTORS Project took place in the Netherlands, at Wageningen University and Research. Over 45 participants attended the events to share their progress in precision agriculture, nature conversation and surveillance using drone or remote sensing technologies. The General Assembly began with a series of...

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