Monday 4 April 2022

Drone Environmental Monitoring of The Bandama Caldera Thermophilic Forest - Using Python for NDVI, ENDVI, SAVI Image Processing

In a recent trip to Gran Canaria, I visited one of my favorite natural landscapes there; the Bandama Caldera which hosts a diverse variety of plant and animal life. Since the weather was clear and the illumination was good I decided to deploy my drone to perform some visual inspection and near-infrared environmental monitoring with NDVI, ENDVI and SAVI metrics extracted using my github codes:https://github.com/MuonRay/PythonNDVI






Using my freely available (free for non-profit use) Python codes I can convert near-infrared images captured using my modified NIR camera with my custom made filters to perform remote sensing using my drone. I am continually working on refining the method and analysis of performing NDVI in the field and will soon be able to perform the analysis in real time using my phone which can run my python scripts using a mobile app. I hope to showcase this soon in a future video.