Remote sensing flights
Detailed Description
A small aircraft with a specialized wing camera pod for remote sensing flights. The system includes a True Color (RGB) camera for standard visual mapping, a Near-infrared (NIR) camera for vegetation analysis, a Long-wave Infrared (LWIR) camera for thermal detection, and two stacked dual multispectral sensors capable of capturing 10 distinct spectral bands from blue to NIR.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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