Satellite technology produces a large amount of important statistics that can be used in agriculture. But satellite imagery doesn’t offer any analytics of its own, nor do they provide any recommendations or even decisions. The data originates from satellite operators and is freely accessible and available for profit use. However , any information that is publicly accessible requires processing and analysis. The machines “decipherers” from the linguistic of settlement imageries to an understandable format for farmers of all kinds already happen. When a user requests it the system connects to satellite databases, collects information, and then visualizes it in custom formats that can be shared in a matter of minutes.
Satellite monitoring technology doesn’t teach farmers, but it can help farmers to know which area of their fields require more attention right now. Nowadays, numerous development companies are developing systems for monitoring crops that automatically identify the different stages of plant growth and a notification system that includes “hints” for farmers, and are also creating databases about the types of plants. In this article, we’ll examine a software package that is one stop to manage your farm developed by EOS Data Analytics.
About EOSDA
EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) is a business that uses proprietary AI algorithms to provide advanced satellite imagery analysis. The company offers software-based solutions to help you make better decisions across 22 different industries, including the forestry and agriculture. The goal of the company is to ensure sustainability and protection of the environment by offering technology-based solutions for earth monitoring and management of the cover in diverse sectors.
One of EOSDA’s most popular product lines are EOS Crop Observing, a digital tool that offers the ability to monitor crops using satellites.
In addition than that, the company plans to establish their own constellation of satellites by 2025 as part of the EOS SAT project. The distinctive feature of this satellite constellation is the fact that these seven optical satellites will be focused on agriculture due to a particular collection of 11 bands, which will enable more precise, precise and efficient monitoring of crops as well as analysis. This will help in the battle against global problems like the effects of climate change, soil degradation and water resource depletion and much more.
What Crop Monitoring Has to Offer
In essence, Crop Monitoring enables users to obtain the most relevant information through analysing satellite photos. This isn’t just the conventional NDVI vegetation index, but it also includes NDRE, MSAVI, ReCI and humidity index NDMI.
One of the features that are offered on the platform is data on weather conditions, such as a 14-day weather forecasts and current weather as well as historical weather data that is available from 2008. The aim of this information is to provide farmers the opportunity to dramatically enhance their field planning (fertilization irrigation, tillage, planting harvesting, etc.).
With advanced image analytics that are in close-to-real time the software allows quick detection of health issues in the crop that include pests and diseases spread, heat/cold/water stress weeds and more. With this data farmers are able to make their decisions more quickly and efficiently using accurate information that saves time, lower costs and better yields.
The tool can also aid in VRA approach implementation due to creation of productivity and vegetation maps. These maps split the field into zones based on the measurement of vegetation indexes in various fields which allows growers to carry out distinct applications of seeds fertilizers, water, and pesticides. This reduces waste of resources and cash and increasing field efficiency. Vegetation maps are utilized for evaluation of the state of the field at present which allows for the use of nitrogen fertilizers in a smart way. productivity maps analyze previous field data as well as assist in phosphorus and potassium fertilizers because they are absorbed into soil.
The feature of scouting available on the platform facilitates enhanced fields administration due to the accurate problem area detection. Thus, the user is able to quickly guide scouts around the fields, thus reducing time and effort for field inspection. Field owners can assign tasks online as well as the system will inform the Scout. With the help of the mobile scouting application Scouts can be in the field without an Internet connection, while adding notes and photos to their reports on scouting.
In addition, by using this platform’s Team Account feature field owners consultants, scouts and consultants input suppliers, insurers, and others have access to the required information regarding fields and crops through the same account, based on the accessibility level given to the account’s owner.
The company also gives the EOS Crop Monitoring opportunities through its white label options or an RESTful API. Therefore, customers don’t require an extensive development team to assist with the development, integration, or maintenance of a new program or an upgrade to the existing.
