Our Spatial Planet

The SPAA conference (Southern Precision Agriculture Association http://spaa.com.au) held in Clare, South Australia this year attracted a wide range of growers and consultants involved in Precision Agriculture.

Apogee Imaging International was present at this event and John Douglas, Managing Director, as well as several of Apogee’s staff presented and demonstrated FarmImage®, a new online spatial management system for agribusiness, in association with Landmark.

 A number of national and international speakers representing all agribusiness industries presented a highly interesting program focused on soil moisture monitoring, integrated precision Viticulture, and practical use of ground and remote-sensed sensors.

John Douglas presenting FARMIMAGE(R) at the SPAA conference in Clare

The event was sponsored by leading companies involved in precision farming in Australia and booths from each sponsor gave visitors an impressive overview of products and services. Many leading companies were sponsoring this event with new guidance, flow & application control devices available for demonstration purposes.

It was great to have such a diversified group of people sharing their knowledge, experience and skills in precision agriculture and we are looking forward to the next SPAA conference.

RapidEye is a privately funded provider of satellite-derived information and services. With the release of the first public image, Earth observation is entering a new era. The  constellation of 5 identical satellites allows up to 4 million km2 to be imaged at high resolution in a daily basis.

Each satellite system can acquire data in five spectral band. It is the first commercial satellite to offer a Red-Edge band  to identify and measure unique change in the health of green vegetation.

The constellation opens up new opportunities in areas such as Agribusiness, Emergency management, Forestry, Oil & Gas, Environmental Monitoring, Defense and other markets where reliable and repetitive monitoring are required.

RapidEye Constellation