A review of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications for agriculture

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2015

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 3598-3612

  Myers, Derek ^a   Ross, Charlie ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural aviation; Control; Image processing; Remote sensing; UAS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; CONTROL; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING;

GEOREFERENCING; INFORMATION INTERPRETATION; LOW COSTS; PLATFORM DESIGN; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRIVACY RIGHTS; UAS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84951735899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.13031/aim.20152189593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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