Phytomappers Pro: A Masterclass for Mapping Plants With Drones
A comprehensive guide to mapping plants with drones
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Phytomappers Pro was created to scale drone education for agricultural and other related verticals, such as scientific, forestry, and environmental consultancies. This course walks step-by-step through everything you'd need to know to get started mapping plants professionally, including:
- The theory behind vegetation indices, such as NDVI
- Best-practices for image capture
- Drone and camera hardware
- Mission planning software
- Image processing and data outputs using Pix4D
- Cloud tools
- Example datasets
We teach you how to map plants with drones. That’s all we do and we try to be the best at it.
Your Instructor
Dr. Greg Crutsinger is the founder of Scholar Farms, which specializes in using drone training for aerial mapping. He has acted as the emergency drone data lead for three major wildfires in California. His company was founded from extensive experience in academic research and teaching, as well as the commercial drone industry. Prior to Scholar Farms Greg was the Sales Director for the scientific and academic verticals at Pix4D and Parrot, and the Academic Programs Director at 3D Robotics. While serving academia, Greg was an Assistant Professor of Ecology at the University of British Columbia.
Who is this masterclass for?
Drone Service Providers
Commercial Agriculture
For users in organizations that are involved commercially with plants and want to adopt drone technology, we can guide existing programs to better results and help teams start from scratch and build effective processes.
Researchers & Academics
If you want to adopt drone mapping technology into your lab or course and aren’t sure where to start or how to get the best results, we present comprehensive options and documentation for a variety of use cases.
Class Curriculum
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StartSection 1 Introduction (1:55)
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StartLecture 1: Some Basics of Remote Sensing (3:18)
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StartLecture 2: The Electromagnetic Spectrum (3:10)
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StartLecture 3: The Run Down on Digital Cameras (4:40)
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StartLecture 4: How Do Plants "See"? (3:57)
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StartLecture 5: Looking Outside the Visible at Near-infrared (6:09)
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StartLecture 6: Overview of Multispectral Cameras (2:20)
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StartLecture 7: A Critique of Modified RGB Cameras (4:29)
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StartLecture 8: What is a Vegetation Index? (4:10)
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StartLecture 9: Interpreting NDVI (3:28)
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StartLecture 10: A Quick Note on Hyperspectral Cameras (1:14)
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StartLab 1: Using Satellite Imagery to Understand Multispectral Data Layers (9:43)
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StartLecture 11: Factors That Could Influence NDVI (6:33)
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StartSection 1 Wrap Up (2:22)
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StartIntroduction to Section 2 (2:09)
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StartLecture 12: Intro to Photogrammetry (8:23)
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StartLecture 13: Getting Enough Overlap (4:24)
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StartLecture 14: How Fast Should I Fly? (2:38)
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StartLecture 15: Rolling Shutter Effects (2:48)
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StartLecture 15.5 How high should I fly and Ground Sampling Distance (3:56)
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StartLecture 16: Consistent Lighting Conditions (2:39)
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StartLecture 17: Dealing with Sloped Terrain (3:39)
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StartLecture 18: Accuracy of Results (2:44)
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StartLecture 19: Some Notes on RTK GPS (3:13)
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StartLecture 20: Ground Control Points (4:29)
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StartLecture 21: Experimental Test Strips (1:45)
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StartLecture 22: Using a Calibration Panel (3:07)
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“This course provided San Francisco Bay Gourmet Coffee with the thread we needed to stitch our precision agriculture solution together. Using the Phytomappers Pro Masterclass by Scholar Farms, we had the necessary tools to procure equipment, fly missions, take photos, process data and finally analyze actionable results for our farmers. Armed with information gained from this course and thanks to the knowledge and expertise thoughtfully presented by Gregory Crutsinger, we can keep up to speed with the organic changes of our coffee farms as well as the exponential innovation of the drone industry.”
- Toby Hackford, Precision Agriculture Drone Project Manager, San Francisco Bay Gourmet Coffee
"I've known and worked alongside Greg over the past few years in the drone industry. He has extensive knowledge of the commercial market and a passion for data analytics and plants. I'm really excited about the results of his efforts to build this masterclass. It's a great resource!"
- Paul Spaur, Drone Technical Manager, Intel