Servi-Tech Aerial Imagery

Servi-Tech Aerial Imagery
Product Description and Annotated Examples 2016
Imagery Products
Native (true color) image
• Similar to a Google Earth
image, but higher resolution
and very up to date.
Imagery Products
Native (true color) image
• Similar to a Google Earth
image, but higher resolution
and very up to date.
Imagery Products
Advanced Difference
Vegetative Index (ADVI)
• Serves the same purpose as
NDVI.
• Colors are based how green
(or stressed) the crop is.
Imagery Products
Advanced Difference
Vegetative Index (ADVI)
• Serves the same purpose as
NDVI.
• Colors are based how green
(or stressed) the crop is.
Imagery Products
Thermal
• Healthy plants are cooler
(because there is more
transpiration.)
• Stressed plants are warmer
(because there is less
transpiration.)
Imagery Products
Thermal
• Healthy plants are cooler
(because there is more
transpiration.)
• Stressed plants are warmer
(because there is less
transpiration.)
Imagery Products
Bare Ground Thermal
• Moist ground is cooler.
• Dry ground is warmer.
This map can be used for:
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Moisture probe placement
Planting prescriptions
Soil sampling zones
Tile drain placement
Imagery Products
Bare Ground Thermal
• Moist ground is cooler.
• Dry ground is warmer.
This map can be used for:
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Moisture probe placement
Planting prescriptions
Soil sampling zones
Tile drain placement
What can I learn from Aerial Imagery?
Long-term field trends
• Soil properties
• Compaction problems
• Land use history
Short-term conditions or events
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Irrigation problems or inconsistencies
Nutrient deficiencies
Application errors
Weather damage
Insects*
*May be visible only after the damage is done.
Disease*
Still better than not knowing!
More Examples
Bare Ground Thermal
Good placement for a
moisture probe.
Drier soil not visible
without thermal.
Greatly reduce planting
population and fertilizer
use due to water losses.
Bare Ground Thermal
Very dry ridge!
Consider a droughtresistant hybrid here.
Good placement for a
moisture probe.
This corner is disked
and ridged for pipe.
Bare Ground Thermal
Wet area. Consider
drainage solutions?
Dry area.
Soil variability caused by
field levelling decades ago.
Native (true color) Image
Identify mechanical problems:
This pivot isn’t supposed to bend
like that!
Native (true color) Image
Identify mechanical problems:
The purge valve has been left open
on the end of this pivot.
ADVI Image
This 80 was sprayed when
the soil was dry enough.
This 80 was sprayed when
the soil was too wet!
The yield loss from this error
can’t be identified from a yield
monitor that is averaging 8
rows at a time!
In-Season Thermal
Moisture stress ahead of the pivot.
Moisture stress in the
non-irrigated corner.
In-Season Thermal
Moisture stress varies greatly
in this field due to soil type
and topography.
This information can be used
to better manage irrigation.
ADVI Image
Corn hybrid test plots show
varying health (greenness.)
Early-planted corn was more
susceptible to spider mites moving
in from the edge of the field.
Few spider mites moving into the
later-planted corn.
ADVI Image
Drought-resistant
hybrid test strips.
Direction of tillage is still
visible in mature crop.
Easy to Navigate Website and IOS app
SWIPE
Select
image
Easy to Navigate Website and IOS app
• Compare imagery side-by-side.
• Export data in many different
formats.
• View your position in the field in
real-time.
• Create ready-to-download
prescription files on the website.
2016 Pricing
Programs
No. of Price/Acre/ Description
Flights Season
10 Flight
Program
10
$10.50
Minimum of 10 flights, first picture will be a bare soil image in late April or
early May. A picture is taken approximately every 14 days depending on
weather and cloud cover.
5 Flight
Program
5
$5.75
Minimum of 5 flights, first picture will be a bare soil image in late April or
early May. A picture will be taken about once a month.
Bare Soil
Program
1
$3.50
1 flight to capture a bare soil image, acquired in April or early May. Cost
can be credited to a 5 or 10 flight program if additional flights are desired.
Image to be used for soil moisture probe placement and creating
management zones for site specific users.