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Enhanced Earth Observation Through Flying Sensors
HiView deploys a range of platforms on which various sensors (both in the visible and non-visible parts of the spectrum) can be mounted. Raw data is converted to information using various state-of-the-art software packages. Information is transferred to knowledge by our highly qualified scientific staff.
Our clients include professionals ranging from the science community, decision makers, natural resources managers, and farmers. We deliver our services world-wide with a particular focus on Europe, Asia and Africa. Typical examples of clients are: universities, research centers, farmers, NGOs, World Bank, governments, river basin organizations and water boards.
Expertise
Flying Sensor training to empower local farmers to increase yields
Crop stress detection to improve health and condition of crops
Data collection and analysis to support sustainable forest management
Obtain detailed information on flooding extent to get a fast response and damage estimation
Use Flying Sensors to generate detailed maps of glaciers to obtain information on surface elevation, melt and flow velocity, and glacier extent
Analysis of soil erosion by using time-series digital elevation models to measure the progression of soil erosion
News
HiView and FutureWater Provide Flying Sensor Acquisition and Training in Mozambique
Lectures on Precision Agriculture with Flying Sensors
HiFarm Project Successfully Completed in Kenya
March 24, 2023
HiView and FutureWaterwill provide the Agência de Desenvolvimento do Vale do Zambeze (ADVZ) in Mozambique with a dozen of new ‘Rapid Eye XS’ drone systems, as well as DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise NDVI systems. These will be used for extension services to farmers in the Zambezi Valley. Also, FutureWater and HiView will provide a two-week in-depth training to the staff of ADVZ on the use of both systems, including image processing and interpretation.
March 6, 2023
HiView together with its partner FutureWater, gave two days of lectures at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, which partners with UNESCO. As part of their master degree, seven students were taught on the theory behind flying sensors (also known as drones), the different types of applications and how to use them in an agricultural setting.
December 15, 2022
In December 2022 the HiFarm project, a data driven agricultural intensification pilot program for maize, coffee and tea farmers in Kenya was completed. The 18-months project aimed to improve farmer productivity and profitability whilst enhancing the environmental risk management and climate resilience of 60 lead farmers through improved soil and crop nutrition management.
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