Onion Base Layers 2015-16

In Project Year 1, we collected base layer information in several ways. A number of examples are presented below.

Each image has our four key detailed Sampling Zones marked. Plant & Food monitoring and sampling was concentrated in these areas, and the results used to corroborate and calibrate the whole paddock data collected from the sensor suite.

Aerial/satellite imagery

Our site has a number of Google Earth aerial and satellite images taken from 2003 to recent weeks and months. We use the time slider to scan across images to better understand our site.

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Google Earth provides a series of aerial images of our site, easily viewed using the time slider.

Examples of Google Earth imagery presented as pdfs are here:

Paddock Topography

Page Bloomer Associates surveyed the MicroFarm using Trimble RTK equipment from GPS Control Systems. The data were processed using OptiSurface Surface Flow modelling software to create a topographic map and surface ponding maps.

UAV Imagery

MicroFarm supporters AltusUAS collected aerial imagery taken from their Delta X-4 UAV.

Soil ElectroMagnetic Response

AgriOptics  surveyed our site with their Dual-EM sensor and prepared soil maps based on soil electromagnetic response.

For those interested, the raw data from the AgriOptics survey is available as a csv file:

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