Remote Sensing Data Processing for Plant Production Control

Sustainability of agricultural production largely depends on the management of soil heterogeneity and field topography (site-specific management). Precision agriculture provides automation of such management using information technology. Remote sensing data obtained and processed to control the plant production process using the example of aerial photography is considered. Presents the main stages of obtaining and processing aerial photographs in precision agriculture: flight plan, image processing, orthophoto generation, and others. Usage of the remote sensing seems an effective approach to solve a wide set of problems in agriculture related to monitor the agrolandscapes state, assessing, and managing their productivity.