Agricultural UAVs in the U.S.: Potential, policy, and hype

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-43

  Freeman, Patricia K ^a   Freeland, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Drones; FAA; Gartner Hype Cycle; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949201533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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