AG Drone School

Name: AG Drone School
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Many are just taking the course because they want to learn about it before purchasing anything.

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In collaboration with Landview Drones, Extended Learning is excited to bring this Ag Drone School to campus!Ag Drone School deals with every aspect of productive, safe, and legal use of remotely piloted aerial systems by farmers & agronomists.

From your first takeoff to completely autonomous mapping in two days, this ag drone school is suitable for all experience levels. From teenagers to retired agronomists, from government environmental agency staff to ag-tech entrepreneurs.

You don't even need to have a drone -- only about ¼ of attendees already have a remote piloted aircraft system (RPAS). Many are just taking the course because they want to learn about it before purchasing anything.

Course Outline

Fly Safely

Flight training suitable for complete beginners
From first takeoff to autonomous mapping
Learn to fly using our fleet of drones

Fly Legally

Basic RPAS ground school: air law, drone systems, theory of flight, human factors, meteorology, navigation, and maintenance
Take the Transport Canada online test and leave with your Basic Pilot’s Certificate

Save Time & Make Money

Two full days of hands-on learning, flight practice & real-world farm and ranch uses
Beyond pretty pictures & video, you’ll learn how to create accurate hi-res maps of fields
New: intro to spraying or cover-crop spreading
Demystifying the remote-sensing jargon: NDVI, multispectral, thermal, LiDAR

What You Will Learn

Topics covered include:

Introduction to Remote Sensing of Vegetation
NDVI and other vegetative indexes
Data accuracy: sensor types and calibration
Future of crop imaging ... hyperspec, thermal, machine learning
From fly to apply: software workflows
Use cases: the many uses of drones on farms
Knowledge Requirements for Small Basic Operations:
Air law, air traffic rules and procedures
RPAS airframes, power plants, propulsion and systems
Human factors
Meteorology
Navigation
Flight operations
Theory of flight
Radiotelephony
Intro to spraying by drones

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