Precision Agriculture
Glossary
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UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR (UTM). The Coordinate system represents the Earth’s spherical shape as 2-D zones with evenly spaced grid lines.
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV). An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone and also referred to by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. In agriculture, UAVs are typically used to survey crops. The two available types of UAVs – fixed-wing and rotary-wing – are both equipped with cameras and guided by GPS. They can travel along a fixed flight path or be controlled remotely.
