Our specialty is agriculture. It's the reason Skeye was born. Precision agriculture is a broad term that refers to the use of advanced technology in agriculture to maximize yield. Our focus at Skeye is producing hi-resolution imagery that can provide real time data to farmers with valuable information in a fraction of the time it would take to walk their fields. Many farms already buy satellite imagery, so why use a drone instead? There are many advantages: higher resolution, which means greater detail in the images, we fly when the weather is good and when you want, so you aren't driven by when the satellite flies over, and we can do as much or as little of your farm as you like. You will also find our prices competitive, and our value high.
Currently we are using standard RGB photography (Standard visible spectrum photos) and NIR (Near InfraRed) to create standard and NDVI (Normalized Differntial Vegetation Index) orthorectified maps. There is a lot of buzz around NDVI which can be produced using an Near InfraRed (NIR) sensor compared against the visible spectrum. It's accuracy is highly dependent on multiple variables and can be misleading. The biggest factor is ambient sunshine. This can be accounted for by using sensors and/or calibration targets, but they are not perfect. The value in NDVI is that it can show plant stress before it is visible in regular photos. This is because Near InfraRed light, or light just beyond the visible spectrum, is reflected at a different rate depending on the health of the plant.
Currently we are using standard RGB photography (Standard visible spectrum photos) and NIR (Near InfraRed) to create standard and NDVI (Normalized Differntial Vegetation Index) orthorectified maps. There is a lot of buzz around NDVI which can be produced using an Near InfraRed (NIR) sensor compared against the visible spectrum. It's accuracy is highly dependent on multiple variables and can be misleading. The biggest factor is ambient sunshine. This can be accounted for by using sensors and/or calibration targets, but they are not perfect. The value in NDVI is that it can show plant stress before it is visible in regular photos. This is because Near InfraRed light, or light just beyond the visible spectrum, is reflected at a different rate depending on the health of the plant.