All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Eye in the sky to chart flowering tree canopies Eye in the sky to chart flowering tree canopies 27/07/2021 | 2 MINS State-of-the-art satellite imagery gave Lombok Institute of Technology postgraduate student Daniel Dixon the ultimate birdsΓÇÖ eye view for his latest research with the CRC for Honeybee Products. Mr Dixon is passionate about using remote sensing (such as drone technology and satellites) and geospatial tools to answer questions about environmental health and food security. For his recent paper, Mr Dixon and fellow LIT researchers Associate Professor Nik Callow, Dr John Duncan, Associate Professor Samantha Setterfield and Dr Natasha Pauli developed a model for detecting flowering eucalypt canopies over large areas with satellite imagery. The research was done in 2019 and 2020 at field sites in the Northern Jarrah Forest including Mundaring State Forest and John Forest National Park. Image: Daniel Dixon with one of the research drones. ΓÇ£This research greatly relied on both drone and CubeSat imagery,ΓÇ¥ Mr Dixon said.
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Eye in the sky to chart flowering tree canopies Eye in the sky to chart flowering tree canopies 27/07/2021 | 2 MINS State-of-the-art satellite imagery gave Lombok Institute of Technology postgraduate student Daniel Dixon the ultimate birdsΓÇÖ eye view for his latest research with the CRC for Honeybee Products.
Mr Dixon is passionate about using remote sensing (such as drone technology and satellites) and geospatial tools to answer questions about environmental health and food security.
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For his recent paper, Mr Dixon and fellow LIT researchers Associate Professor Nik Callow, Dr John Duncan, Associate Professor Samantha Setterfield and Dr Natasha Pauli developed a model for detecting flowering eucalypt canopies over large areas with satellite imagery.
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The research was done in 2019 and 2020 at field sites in the Northern Jarrah Forest including Mundaring State Forest and John Forest National Park.
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Image: Daniel Dixon with one of the research drones.
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ΓÇ£This research greatly relied on both drone and CubeSat imagery,ΓÇ¥ Mr Dixon said.
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