Learn about the ground-based platform that is changing efficiencies in fruit crop research. The Green Atlas Cartographer can accurately map flowers, fruit, and canopy geometry significantly faster than labour employed to count, measure, and create records.
The technology collects precise information using a variety of sensors and artificial intelligence systems. The equipment is mounted on an ATV that drives down the orchard rows, using cameras on either side, a LiDAR and GPS reference points that capture data, including fruit number, colour, size or flower number, and canopy structure.
Hear about how collecting and interpreting this data is used to make management decisions, inform precise actions, and maximise the sustainability and profitability of the orchard.
Agriculture Victoria has co-invested in the Green Atlas Cartographer project with Hort Innovation.
This resource was produced as part of PIEFA’s Ag Week 2023 Activities but can be used at any point and incorporated into your lesson plans throughout the year.
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Ag Week, fruit, crop, horticulture, agriculture victoria, hort innovation, cartography, sensors, LiDAR, GPS, 5 questions, technology, innovation, STEM, farms, automation, production
Developed by: PIEFA