Project Background
SPECTORS – Sensor Products for Enterprises Creating Technological Opportunities in Remote Sensing
This is a Dutch-German cooperation project is funded by INTERREG V-A Deutschland-Nederland, with the total fundable costs of SPECTORS amounts to approximately 9.8 Million Euro. The strategic initiative is High-Tech Systems and Materials focusing on ground-based as well as airborne remote sensing technology.
The main goal of this project is to develop and test innovative hard- and software solutions as well as services on top of the technology to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. More than 31 partners from business, academia and public sector are collaborating for 4 years to achieve novel products and services.
Project Duration: 1.9.2016 – 31.8.2020
Publication
1. UAS4RS 2018 (Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Remote Sensing) Conference — Poster
2. 39th Annual EARSeL Symposium — Oral Presentation
3. TERRAenVISION 2019 — Oral Presentation
4. European Journal of Remote Sensing — Journal Paper
Responsibilities
Product Package: Algorithms and Software for Object Recognition
Main responsibility:
- identification and detection of invasive weed species in grassland using RGB-imagery
- development of an open-source workflow for weed mapping in grasslands using aerial RGB imagery
Other potential applications of object recognition (under discussion with project partners):
- determination of plant health, e.g. detection of pests and diseases on plant leaves
- object detection in field situations moving towards a plant
- detection of breeding habitats and individual animals or nests
- autonomous navigation within forest