SLANTRANGE SENSORS

Multispectral Sensors

USED BY FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL ADVISORS & ACADEMICS

In the digital age, the journey from planting to harvest goes through the air. Aerial crop scouting and resultant NDVI and NDRE crop mapping analyses influence every major decision a farmer makes. Efficient planting density, irrigation, and application of nutrients, pesticides, and herbicides all rely on accurate information. No crop scouting sensors generate more actionable data than SlantRange sensors.

When mounted on drones, SlantRange sensors gather richer, more detailed data than any competing system that scouts field and crop health. Adaptability to most UAVs plus unprecedented high resolution and spatial awareness take accuracy and reliability of data to new heights.

Who Benefits from SlantRange Sensors

Farming professionals, including growers on operations of all sizes, and the professionals who supply them with equipment, materials, and advice use SlantRange sensors to gather highly accurate information.

Actionable data is harvested and processed long before a single kernel or grain. Analyses that make sense of all that data enable farmers to make decisions pinpointing problem areas and maximizing yield—and profit.

  • Farmers and farm managers
  • Agricultural equipment dealers
  • Suppliers of nutrients, herbicides and pesticides
  • Agronomists, researchers and academics
  • Crop consultants
  • Extension services
  • Sprayers
  • Installers and suppliers of drainage tile systems
  • Seed producers maintaining test plots
  • High school, college and university agricultural programs

SLANTRANGE SENSORS

Advantages

Light Measurement

SlantRange’s newest sensors measure light from six spectral bands, including light the human eye can’t see: RGB imaging plus red, green, red edge, and near-infrared (NIR).

Red Edge Readings

Red edge readings give earlier indications of crop disease and stress, allowing earlier action.

Pioneered Light Calibration

SlantRange pioneered light calibration to lend extreme accuracy to repeat data-gathering flights made for the purpose of gauging the effectiveness of remedial action over time.

Exact Location Flyovers

Drones with SlantRange sensors mounted to them return to their exact spot for subsequent flyovers, recording mages from precisely the same angle.

SlantRange 4P+ sensor system

4P+ Sensor System

The most advanced SlantRange sensor, the SlantRange 4P+ embodies evolutions of technology that SlantRange introduced to UAV-borne field and crop data collection. Resolution on the 4P+ is the highest yet available in drone-mounted crop sensors. SlantRange has perfected automatic light calibration without the need for on-the-ground calibration targets, and precise drone positioning using GPS and IMU inputs—SlantRange 4P+ works fully over even the most remote farm or field. Accuracy is paramount to comparisons of field data over time. To achieve it, SlantRange 4P+ uses not only full-frame light calibration but also dual GPS and inertial navigation that is RTK-enabled and Kalman-filtered for electronic noise deletion.

The narrow 20 percent overlap required by the 4P+ translates to fewer passes and shorter flight times to collect multiple data sets—up to 1,000 acres in an hour. Viewable layers from data analyses can display population density, weed density, and yield potential, among other factors.

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4P Sensor System

Higher-resolution crop scouting images began with the SlantRange 4P. Adding data collection from two bands of light over capabilities of the 3P, the SlantRange 4P gathers data for both NDVI and NDRE analysis. Its ability to gather data from the red edge light band gives it the ability to look deeper into plant growth, detecting indications of crop disease and stress earlier than sensors that lack red edge sensing.

With a mere 20 percent overlap on each pass, the 4P can gather information for multiple data sets faster, covering a 160-acre survey in just 17 minutes—a fraction of the time needed by some competing agricultural sensors.

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Slantrange 4P Sensor System
Slantrange 3P Sensor System

3P Sensor System

Even at its affordable price, the SlantRange 3P gathers data for NDVI crop mapping, and it is feature-rich. It calibrates light to account for clouds and haze, for the time of day and changing seasons. The 3P records in four bands of light. The lens eliminates warping and vignettes in images. Smart Filtering prevents contamination of images by such electronic noise sources as soil, shadows, and reflections. And it can interpret data at the field’s edge, without the need for an Internet connection.

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SLANTRANGE PERFORMANCE

More data means more accuracy, and that’s where SlantRange sensors excel.

The higher resolution of SlantRange 4P sensors—higher still in the SlantRange 4P+—and the six-band sensitivity mean more data is available to analytical programs that turn it into informational crop maps. The data gathered by 4P and 4P+ creates layers of information, such as plant population, weed density, and crop stress, that can be obtained by the operator at the field’s edge minutes after landing the drone. Data is processed onboard the sensor. Standard full-frame light calibration and positioning based on both dual GPS and IMU data make intermittent readings totally compatible. Crops are captured from the same angle and the same location the drone had been in earlier, and with sunlight calibration, in comparable light regardless of time or day, weather or season. Its ability to read the red edge light band facilitates early diagnosis of crop disease and stress, speeding corrective action.

Software Adaptability

SlantRange sensors can be mounted on a range of drones, with optimal performance when mounted on a DJI M200 series quadcopter. A Drone Nerds consultant can help you obtain the mounting hardware you need. SlantRange 4P versions compatible with and controllable through DJI Skyport also are available. SlantRange sensors work with SlantRange SlantView software and with other agricultural analytic platforms. All SlantRage 4P and 4P+ sensors ship with a GPC Hardshell Case, Power Cable, and SD Card.

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