What services do we provide? We are able to provide on-demand, high resolution aerial images of your property or area of interest. Our aerial photography system can operate under a cloud base and will typically yield high quality colour images with ground resolution of 3cm (at 125m altitude) or 7cm (at 250m altitude). We can also provide near infra-red (NIR) images at similar resolution. We can provide training to safely operate a CropCam and to process images for use in a geographical information system. Our most advanced course introduces participants to data interpretation using specialist remote-sensing computer packages.
	How do we do it? We are using a CropCam mini-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle or drone). This is an electric remote-controlled plane with autopilot, GPS and digital camera. In consultation with you, we design the flight plan to successfully capture aerial photography to solve your problem. We can program the UAV to photograph a block of country or a strip, for example following a river, or to randomly sample a large area, if this is required. Our UAV will fly for up to one hour at an average speed of 60km/hr. The aerial photography is downloaded from the UAV, along with GPS and aircraft performance files. We will then mosaic and georeference the images to your chosen map datum and projection. CropCam training is provided from our base in Atherton.
	Where will we work? We are available to carry out aerial imaging anywhere in northern Australia. Our base in Atherton, northern Queensland is ideally located to allow us to reach you and solve your imaging problems.
	Potential applications include: • Weed surveys and mapping • Pasture condition monitoring • Precision agriculture (crop yield and health monitoring, pest scouting) • Assessing tree cover and forestry applications • Mine site rehabilitation • Property vegetation plans • Carbon accounting