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Sundet Värmskog
Aerial view of a ploughed field between forest and green crops

Drone services and drainage planning

Drone services

We work with carrying out assignments for agricultural and forestry companies or contractors for underdrain and surveying services. As equipment for this, we have GNSS-RTK precision GPS and drones with multispectral sensor. This allows us to weigh heights before drainage or measure boundaries and take pictures of crops and forests at different stages and for different analyzes. For image processing, we collaborate with Solvi AB (www.solvi.ag).

  • A DJI Matrice 210 drone standing on a lawn

    Drone

    The latest addition is a DJI Matrix 210 with two sensors. There is room for two cameras on the drone and on one mount is a MicaSense Altum with six different sensors (R, G, B, RedEdge, NIR and IR). On the other mount is an RGB camera DJI Xenmuse X5S.

  • Colour-coded height map of a field made from drone photos

    Altitude measurement

    Precision measurement with GNSS before drainage or height measurement using drones can be performed.

  • Drone image of a field with individual plants marked for counting

    Plan count

    With the help of drone images and finishing, individual plants of agricultural, garden crops or forest plants can be identified and counted.

  • Drone image of crop rows with weeds outlined

    Digitization weeds

    With high-resolution drone images, weeds can be measured in and the size and distribution can be calculated.

  • Aerial photo of a green crop with a track across the field

    Field photography

    Sometimes it may just be necessary to photograph from above in a crop to get a completely new picture of how it is in the field. Of course, we are also happy to make documentation of the different state of crops, but also beautiful pictures of your farm.

  • Heat map of a field in purple and orange colours

    Thermographic photography

    With our multispectral sensor we can also do heat reading in the field. Something that can be strongly linked to the moisture content in soil. Can be used to identify field variations in irrigation needs.

  • Drone image mosaic of forest for analysis of bark borer damage

    Bark borer analysis

    In collaboration with Arboair (www.arboair.com), we can do a run with drones and then analyze bark drill damage in your forest.

  • Drone image of a potato field with moose damage marked

    Game damage calculations

    Game damage can in some cases be significant in various agricultural crops. Here we see an example of moose damage in potato cultivation. We can photograph the damage with high resolution and calculate the extent of the damage.

Cover ditching

  • Working map of a field plan for drainage

    Design

    We make complete designs for drainage of agricultural land. This involves balancing in the field, dimensioning and drawing a map as well as quantity calculations. We can supply control files for the machine’s GPS control to cover ditch contractors.

  • Drone photo of a ploughed field where older drains show

    Photography older drains

    Sometimes a good photo may be needed at the right time and see how old drainage looks in the field. Then we set it up in our GIS system and draw in both old and new drainage.

  • Map of a field surveyed after drainage

    Documentation after drainage

    We take care of the contractor’s log files from the drainage and draw a nice map. Can also be done with the help of drone photo.

Precision cultivation

  • Harvest map of a field in blue, yellow and orange zones

    Analysis of harvest maps

    We also help to transform digital information into, for example, harvest maps for different crops. Here you see a map made after harvesting potatoes.

  • Screenshot from the Solvi platform with a fertilising map of a field in yellow and green zones

    Control files

    In the next step, we can, with the help of Solvis’ platform, create control files that allow you to precisely fertilize your field.

  • Vegetation index map of a grass field in the Solvi platform

    NIR analysis

    Our multispectral sensor on the drone can read Red Edge, Near Infrared Light (NIR) and Heat (IR) in addition to RGB. This means that you can get an analysis of how well photosynthesis works in the plants, which in turn can be controlled with nitrogen fertilization or other measures. An NIR analysis can be done before nitrogen fertilization in a cereal crop or on, for example, grassland during the autumn after harvest to find out what the field’s basic capacity looks like.

    Four map panels used to create control files for precision fertilising
    Thermal analysis of two fields in the Solvi platform, in purple and orange tones