One of our latest projects explores the effects of drought on native New Zealand vegetation. With the support of Auckland Council, we did a quick reconnaissance flight over Wenderholm Regional Park to see if there were any visual effects of the 2012-2013 drought on the native tree,Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi). Using a Sony HDR-AS15 mounted in a Blade 350QX, we circumnavigated the top of the hill and collected around 70 images in 15 minutes (see image below).
One of our latest projects explores the effects of drought on native New Zealand vegetation. With the support of Auckland Council, we did a quick reconnaissance flight over Wenderholm Regional Park to see if there were any visual effects of the 2012-2013 drought on the native tree,Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi). Using a Sony HDR-AS15 mounted in a Blade 350QX, we circumnavigated the top of the hill and collected around 70 images in 15 minutes (see image below).
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| Flight Path of the Sony HDR-AS15 in the Blade 350QX |
We
then processed some of these images in Pix4D and despite the limited overlap we came up
with a mosaic which clearly depicts the stressed Taraire trees (eg the ones
with no leaves in the image below). The blurred edges are a result of our very
small image set. We intend to fly again next week with our Swampfox, when we will gather a more comprehensive series of overlapping images.
Labels: Blade 350QX, drought, Pix4d, Sony HDR-AS15, UAV
I am amazed at the quality of the mosaic, given the paucity of overlapping images. Pix4mapper is a superb piece of software.
ReplyDeleteIt is superb! I am continually impressed with this software! Thanks Pix4d Mapper for the educational license!
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