Soil sampling with drones and augmented reality in precision agriculture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 154, Issue , 2018, Pages 25-35

  Huuskonen, Janna ^a   Oksanen, Timo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

AR; Mixed reality; Precision farming; RPAS; Soil analysis

Indexed keywords

ARGON; AUGMENTED REALITY; DRONES; MIXED REALITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOILS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

MANAGEMENT ZONES; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PRECISION FARMING; RPAS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL SAMPLING; SOUTHERN FINLAND; WEARABLE AUGMENTED REALITIES;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS;

FINLAND;

EID: 85052956690     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2018.08.039     Document Type: Article

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