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Complex Corn Maze Demonstrates UAV-based LiDAR

January 15, 2020

To demonstrate the RTL-400’s capability in the area of precision agriculture, RedTail staff researched various agricultural flight options and hit on an idea: What better way to demonstrate the high-resolution, high-accuracy system than in one of the toughest challenges that could be found – a corn maze.

Remote Sensing, Deep Learning and Aerial Imagery Improve Agriculture

Mary Jo Wagner

August 1, 2019

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Aerial photography has played a major role in advancing operational precision agriculture applications. As image precision has gotten better, so too has the need for advanced research and powerful geospatial tools to learn best how to harvest such data-rich information into efficient, effective and reliable tools of the precision agriculture trade.

LandViewer Launches New Features

Field Zone Color Mapping Aids Crop Management

July 31, 2019

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LandViewer says it is addressing user needs.

VRS Network Aids Surveying, Machine Control

Michael Bruno

October 8, 2018

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Positioning technology on agricultural and construction machinery has become a standard, and accurate real-time kinematic (RTK) global navigation satellite system (GNSS) correction data has become a necessity for customers trying to reach peak efficiency in the field.

Photogrammetry Software Gives Vineyard Inspection a Boost

SimActive software and drones help optimize vineyard performance

June 6, 2017

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Correlator3D software is helping improve detection of vine rows for image processing company.

Geospatial Technology Sharpens Agricultural Precision

Mary E. Shacklett

April 24, 2017

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While precision agriculture is fundamentally a science, it can also become an art — especially when the geospatial characteristics of a field don't conform to a perfectly square or rectangular grid in a grower’s or consultant’s geographic information system (GIS), or when field topography is far from flat.

AGERpoint Introduces New GML100 LiDAR Sensor

Growers can integrate data with the AGERmetrics data management system

April 5, 2017

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The development is designed with mobility and affordability in mind.

Precision Ag the Focus of New Hemisphere GNSS Toolkit

New solution aims to give equipment manufacturers ability to build their own branded software and hardware

March 9, 2017

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LandMetrix OEM is designed to offer GNSS-based guidance to agricultural machines.

Topcon Forms New Agriculture Group

North American headquarters will be in Wisconsin

June 21, 2016

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New global organization aims to increase precision agricultural collaboration.

Topcon Adding to Agricultural Portfolio with Digi-Star Purchase

Having worked together, companies ‘are a perfect fit,’ says Topcon president and CEO

March 23, 2015

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Topcon’s latest acquisition, Digi-Star is a global leader in precision agricultural solutions, supplying weight sensors and control systems for feeding, planting, fertilizing and harvesting equipment.

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