Re: [Paparazzi-devel] platform for agricultural multispectral imaging?

[Chris Gough]

Hi Troy

check this out:

http://mechatronics.ece.usu.edu/yqchen/paper/08/08C30_igarss_4051FinalPaper.pdf

Some things have moved on a bit since then, but the "hackeds cam
packed a foam wing" approach is probably a good place to start.

Chris Gough

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Troy Benjegerdes <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'd like to find out what sort of configurations (airframes, camers, etc)
> other paparazzi users have used for multispectral imaging. I've got a farm
> and for what it would cost me to get a single satellite image, I could put
> together quite a nice RC/uav setup with a camera.
>
> I've played with an ARdrone1 a little bit, but the ultrasonic altitude
> sensor gets kinda confused by 5 foot tall corn, and the built-in camera
> resolution is pretty low.
>
> I might be interested in hacking an ARdrone2.0, and pointing the HD camera
> toward the ground, but only if I can get Paparrazi running on it instead of
> the stock firmware.
>
> Any other thoughts, or comments from someone who's done this?
>
>
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