Mapping skips in sugarcane fields using object-based analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 143, Issue , 2017, Pages 49-56

  Souza, Carlos Henrique Wachholz de ^a   Lamparelli, Rubens Augusto Camargo ^a   Rocha, Jansle Vieira ^a   Magalhães, Paulo Sergio Graziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decision making; GIS; Object based image analysis; Planting rows; Skip rate

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL VEHICLE; DECISIONS MAKINGS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED; OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSE; OBJECTS-BASED; PLANTING ROW; PLANTINGS; SKIP RATE; VEHICLE IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SUGAR CANE; TREE PLANTING; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85031499690     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.10.006     Document Type: Article

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