A handy imaging system for precision agriculture studies

  • Authors:

  • Y. J. Lee;K. W. Chang;Y. Shen;T. M. Huang;H. L. Tsay

  • Affiliations:

  • Division of Agronomy, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taiwan ROC;Department of Leisure and Recreation Studies, Aletheia University, Taiwan ROC;Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan ROC;Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, National Science Council, Taiwan ROC;Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, National Science Council, Taiwan ROC

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

An inexpensive imaging system able to take various narrow-band images and placed on platforms of various heights can be very useful to many remote-sensing studies, particularly for researchers in precision agriculture areas. A handy imaging system, composed of an Electrim EDC-1000L monochrome camera, a Canon PHF6 1.4 lens, a set of Andover bandpass filters, and an Advantech PCA6751 single board computer, was built up and installed with corresponding self-developed application software. The system had been deployed on platforms such as a mobile high-lift crane and helicopter to acquire various narrow-band images. This simplified imaging system may help greatly in performing validation tests on many stress-identification indices and related algorithms derived from ground spectroradiometer measurements.