01 Multispectral
MicaSense RedEdge-P
Flagship 5-band sensor.
5 multispectral bands + panchromatic, global shutter, DLS 2 calibration. The reference sensor for drone-based agronomy.
5 bandsPanDLS 2
Solutions / Multispectral
See what the canopy can't tell you.
MicaSense RedEdge-P / Altum-PT multispectral sensors, processed in PIX4Dfields. NDVI, NDRE, irrigation-stress thermal and variable-rate prescriptions — calibrated, repeatable, decision-grade.
5–10 bands
Multispectral, with thermal on Altum-PT
DLS 2
Per-flight radiometric calibration
PIX4Dfields
Processing software bundled
Repeatable
Comparable flight-to-flight, season-to-season
Why MicaSense + PIX4Dfields
Decision-grade indices — not pretty pictures.
Five (or ten) calibrated bands. A downwelling-light sensor that measures irradiance during the flight. A reflectance panel imaged before and after to anchor absolute values. The result: NDVI, NDRE and custom indices that are comparable across flights, sites and seasons — the difference between a pretty map and a decision your agronomist will defend.
Easepect bundles the sensor, the calibration consumables, the PIX4Dfields licence and a full one-day workshop — so your team is shipping prescription maps within a week of delivery.
Radiometric DLS 2 PIX4Dfields Per-crop playbook
Stack
Sensor, processing, control.
02 Multispectral
MicaSense Altum-PT
5-band + thermal + pan.
Single integrated payload — multispectral, radiometric thermal and panchromatic. Adds irrigation-stress detection in one flight.
ThermalAll-in-one
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PIX4Dfields
Agronomy processing.
NDVI / NDRE / GNDVI / custom indices, zonation maps, variable-rate prescriptions. The preferred software for MicaSense outputs.
NDVIVRT
04 Multispectral
Emlid Reach RS3
RTK ground control.
Multi-band RTK rover with tilt for high-accuracy GCPs across plantation boundaries and field-edge controls.
RTKSiReNTTilt
Indices
What you get out the other side.
NDVI
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index — overall canopy vigour. The default index for crop-health screening.
NDRE
Normalised Difference Red Edge — earlier-warning index than NDVI for dense canopies and mature crops.
GNDVI
Green NDVI — sensitive to chlorophyll content; useful for cereal-grain phenotyping.
SAVI
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index — corrects NDVI when soil background is dominant (sparse canopies, early growth).
CI
Chlorophyll Index — research-grade chlorophyll mapping with Dual / 10-band datasets.
Custom
Any band-math expression you need. PIX4Dfields supports user-defined indices — Easepect builds the per-crop playbook.
Workflow
From calibrated capture to prescription map.
01
Calibrate
Image the calibrated reflectance panel (CRP) before take-off. DLS 2 logs irradiance throughout the flight.
02
Fly
Grid mission at 75–80% forward / 75% side overlap. Synchronised captures across all bands per waypoint.
03
Process
Ingest into PIX4Dfields or PIX4Dmapper. Radiometric calibration + orthomosaic + index stack in one job.
04
Act
Zonation and variable-rate prescriptions exported to your farm-management system or VRT controller.
Sectors
Where MicaSense earns its keep.
- Precision agriculture — broadacre cereals, sugarcane, rice, vegetables.
- Plantation crops — oil palm, rubber, coconut, coffee, tea.
- Plant breeding and phenotyping research.
- Forestry — health, invasive species, fire-risk monitoring.
- Wetland, mangrove and coastal ecosystem mapping.
- Crop insurance — claim documentation with timestamped indices.
- Environmental impact baselines (EIA / EIS).
- Land-use and land-cover change detection.
FAQ
Common questions.
Do I need radiometric calibration? +
For decision-grade outputs — yes. DLS 2 logs in-flight irradiance and the calibrated reflectance panel anchors absolute reflectance. Together they give you outputs comparable across flights, sites and seasons. Without them, you are stuck with relative-only mapping.
RedEdge-P or Altum-PT? +
RedEdge-P for routine NDVI / NDRE agronomy on broadacre crops — sharper, lighter, cheaper. Altum-PT when irrigation-stress thermal matters in the same flight (water-stressed regions, high-value crops, controlled-environment agriculture).
What drone do these fly on? +
Standard mounting on DJI M300 / M350 RTK via Skyport. We bundle airframe, sensor and Skyport pre-configured. Custom airframe integration available on request.
How long is processing? +
A typical 100-ha agronomy flight processes in PIX4Dfields in 30–90 minutes on a workstation, or 2–4 hours in PIX4Dcloud. The radiometrically-calibrated index stack drops out at the end.
Is training included? +
Yes — every MicaSense sale includes a one-day field + office workshop in Singapore: flight planning, calibration routine, PIX4Dfields processing and index interpretation. Per-crop playbooks on request.
Pairs well with
Brands and solutions we bundle.
MicaSense lineup
RedEdge-P, RedEdge-P Dual, Altum-PT, DLS 2, calibrated panel.
Explore →PIX4Dfields
The agronomy-focused processing software that turns radiometric captures into prescription maps.
Explore →Hyperspectral
When 5 bands aren't enough — Living Optics 96-band snapshot for research-grade detection.
Explore →Next step
Brief a multispectral programme.
We supply the sensor, integrate it with your airframe, and run a one-day workshop on PIX4Dfields — typically within a fortnight.
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