Can you determine soil health with a multispectral camera

[Foxcontractservices]

Hi everyone,I'm new to the forum and based in the UK. I was recently asked if I am able to determine soil quality to help create valuable rate fertilizer spreading maps. Anyone here know if I can achieve, albeit basic, maps with my multispectral drone?

 

[wafflejock]

Hi everyone,I'm new to the forum and based in the UK. I was recently asked if I am able to determine soil quality to help create valuable rate fertilizer spreading maps. Anyone here know if I can achieve, albeit basic, maps with my multispectral drone?

Hiya, welcome to the forum. So not entirely clear on what you're asking here, you can use Google Maps or other mapping solutions and add overlays with your own data or imagery in some cases but not sure if you are asking about the mapping or the data analysis or the capture... it's all possible with the right equipment and enough time and energy.

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Agricultural drones using multispectral imaging camera sensors with NDVI, NDRE indexes output data on irrigation, soil and plant health to improve yields

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[Foxcontractservices]

Hi wafflejock, thank you for that. I have a DJI P4 multispectral. I am OK with mapping and ok with interpreting vegetation data. I use dronedeploy to analyse the data. My issue is I don't know what setting on my plant health is best for focusing on soil so be able to produce a map for variable rate fertilizer. If you know which is best I would be most grateful.