Use of drones in agriculture and forestry (2cr)
Code: 9A00DQ90-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 13.11.2023 - 30.04.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.04.2024 - 31.05.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- RDI portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Content scheduling
EASA-legislation, Drone technology, using drones as a hobby and professionately. Using dronedata in agriculture and forestry.
Objective
The student learns the most common uses of drones in agriculture and forestry
• The student learns the basic technical features and components of drones
• The student learns to plan and implement a typical drone using a simulator
the mapping task to be performed
• The student learns to interpret the basics of aerial photos taken with a drone and
of the results of a survey flight in arable farming and forestry
Content
Drone types, drone technology and parts
• drones in agricultural precision farming
• SeAMKin /Ruoka experiment with drones
• Image interpretation in arable farming, e.g. NDVI index
• drones and precision forestry
• Case study: options for acquiring NDVI data in arable farming
Teaching methods
online studies, non-stop
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Passed/Failed.
Passed: An approved web exam and approved simulated mapping flight.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
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