Sharing experiences on aerial thermography with drones in various use cases

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Dear OpenDroneMap community,

I’d like to start a new discussion thread to talk about aerial thermography using drones in various use cases such as inspection of photovoltaic plants, power transmission lines, industrial plants, and agriculture. The reason for creating this new channel of discussion is to share experiences in developing thermography solutions for different use cases, whether they are still in development or have already been tested by users.

Thermography is a valuable tool for identifying potential issues in infrastructure and agriculture by capturing thermal images of a target area from above. By analyzing the temperature patterns, we can identify hot spots and temperature variations that can indicate potential problems, such as equipment failures or crop stress.

I believe that sharing experiences and knowledge about thermography using drones can help the community develop more effective solutions and improve our understanding of this technology’s potential. I look forward to hearing from others who are interested in this topic and sharing my own experiences.

Thank you for your attention, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards,

Héctor Bastidas

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#2

Hello again dear community,

I am excited to contribute to this discussion on aerial thermography with drones. My first contribution is a guide that I have created on how to perform aerial thermography on photovoltaic plants using drones.

In this guide, I provide step-by-step instructions on how to plan the flight, capture images, process the data, and analyze the results. I also share some tips and best practices based on my own experience in performing aerial thermography on photovoltaic plants.

I hope this guide will be useful to those who are interested in using drones for aerial thermography in the photovoltaic industry. Please feel free to check out my repository at [GitHub - RentadroneCL/Guidance-of-UAV-Thermography] and let me know if you have any questions or feedback.

Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to further discussing this exciting topic with all of you.

Best regards,

Héctor Bastidas

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#3

Good morning,

Thanks for sharing, it’s very interesting.

Laurent

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#4

Interested.

I look for some thermal using in agriculture. But not many use cases

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#5

While the use of UAV thermography in agriculture is not a common service in some countries, it can theoretically be used to verify various types of issues. Examples of issues that can be detected with UAV thermography include water-stressed crops, crop diseases, crop health evaluation, soil quality monitoring, and fruit ripeness evaluation.

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#6

That is a lot of use. It is wired not to see any actually cases. Maybe the current market thermal solution not enough for that?

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