Images also can be converted to maps and downloaded for use with variable-rate technology. If EarthScan is right, a grower could use downloaded information to pinpoint areas of a farm where crops are under pressure from weeds or insects. He could then scout those areas to analyze problems and take steps to solve them. Or he could compare yield results from different varieties, tell which herbicides worked best and even see where irrigation is needed at various times during the growing season. Image frequency is perhaps more important to a farmer than the ability to distinguish a feature the size of a basketball backboard in his corn fields.
Cloudy skies lessen the chances of gathering usable images during a satellite flyover.
The company will store images. Scales range from 200 to 2,200 acres per image. Click here . We'd like to hear from you. Your message will be posted to our bulletin board.