Straight Up Drones Is Your Trusted Partner For Bespoke Drone Mapping Solutions
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At Straight Up Drones, we offer more than just a map – we provide a comprehensive aerial perspective of your land. Using cutting-edge drone technology and advanced software, we deliver unparalleled insights and detailed views that transform the way you understand and manage your property with our drone mapping solutions.
The Solutions We Provide
- Precise orthomosaic, digital surface models, index maps, zones and accurate prescription maps.
- High quality drone imagery for environmental monitoring, crop scouting, trial plot management, SFI compliance and more.
- Insights into your crops and the surrounding environment on a large scale not visible from the ground.
- Easily accessible customer portal where all of your maps and reports are stored for all stakeholders to view.
- Inspect, analyse and visualize your land and crop changes with ease.
- Download all outputs, results and insights and import them into your own farm management software.
- Prescription maps that are compatible with Tractors, Sprayers & Spraydrones. Upload to John Deere Operations Center™
The Benefits You Receive
- Make better informed decisions, saving time and resources by providing easily accessible information that everyone can view in the office or out in the field.
- Compare and link different layers of information to analyse your crop trends over time.
- Reduce the amount inputs used such as sprays, fertilizers, and water, benefiting your profits and the environment.
- Help increase yield and productivity from your crops.
- Zonate the information from the vegetation index maps. Assign application rates that are best for your crops and transfer them to farm machine terminals.
- Drastically reduce herbicide use and other outputs that would have been appilied in a blanket application, saving money on every ha.
- Rely on proven results & accurate measurements for fast identification and quantification of damaged or impacted crops.
Our Mission
At Straight Up Drones, we specialize in delivering cutting-edge, tailored drone mapping solutions for the UK’s agricultural and construction industries. By harnessing state-of-the-art drones and advanced software technology – including AI – we provide precise land data with minimal environmental impact.
Our mission is to empower clients with the insights needed to make informed decisions that enhance operational efficiency, conserve resources, and reduce costs. Through our agricultural mapping services, farmers and growers gain an in-depth understanding of their crops and land, enabling targeted actions for fertilization, irrigation, pest control, and more.
At Straight Up Drones, we are dedicated to transforming land management through innovative solutions that drive efficiency, sustainability, and success in every project we support.
Image comparison tools for crop health and damage recovery analysis.
Who and when?
Farmers, farm service providers, construction sites and land owners.
When should you start to use drone technology in your farming operations?
We can start to collect data at any time of the year or crop cycle. The data collected is imported into the software we use and is rapidly processed and shared to your client portal.
Interpret findings
Once the data has been processed and shared, farmers and service providers can then analyse the data. This can be easily viewed by everyone who needs too through our customer portal where you will also have a number of useful tools to use with your maps. These include things like distance and area/volume measurements and image comparison tools.
Make a decision
Farmers and site operators can now decide on how best to use the information they have. They can plan for localized fertilizer and pesticide applications on their crops or trial plots. New irrigation techniques, site monitoring and documentation. Store their data as a visible record that is accessible anywhere (office or field)
Implement plan
After a decision has been made, all that is left is to take action.
A grower/farmer can upload a prescription map to precision agriculture compatible machinery, or to John Deere Operations Centre direct for site-specific applications using GPS positioning or more accurate alternatives such as RTK* to enact treatment plans or new spot spraying application techniques.
*RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) is a technique used to ensure higher positional accuracies.
Repeat Surveying and scouting
Our drones can collect data about the site using previous flight plans when specified by the client. This builds up highly accurate data about crops and land over time.
This process can be repeated through out the year when you require.
Some of the current challenges in UK farming
Sustainable agriculture
The principles of sustainable agriculture is to promote farming practices that prioritize the conservation of natural resources, such as water and soil, to ensure that the land remains productive for future generations.
Straight Up Drones offer valuable tools to help with sustainable agriculture by providing real-time data, improving decision-making, and optimizing resource use in crop and livestock production systems.
As technology continues to advance, drones are expected to play an increasingly important role in promoting environmental stewardship, economic viability, and social responsibility in agriculture.
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Climate change
In the context of the UK, climate change poses significant challenges for farming due to its impact on various aspects of agricultural production.
Changing Temperatures: Climate change is leading to an increase in average temperatures globally, including in the UK. This can affect crop growth patterns, as some crops may require specific temperature ranges for optimal growth.
Changing Rainfall Patterns: Climate change is altering rainfall patterns, leading to increased variability and more extreme weather events such as droughts and floods. These events can damage crops, soil structure, and infrastructure, leading to reduced yields and increased costs for farmers.
Pest and Disease Spread: Changes in temperature and weather patterns can affect the distribution and behavior of pests and diseases. Warmer temperatures may allow pests to thrive in regions where they were previously unable to survive.
Britain’s food security
Like many other business sectors, volatility, uncertainty and instability are the greatest risks to farm businesses, and Britain’s food security.
Agricultural business sectors encompass a wide range of activities involved in the production, processing, distribution, and marketing of agricultural products.
Each sector faces its own set of challenges and risks, but volatility, uncertainty, and instability are common concerns across all sectors.
Straight Up Drones offer valuable capabilities for enhancing the resilience, sustainability, and productivity of agricultural businesses. This then helps towards reducing the risks associated with volatility, uncertainty, and instability in the agricultural sector and help you contribute more to Britain’s food security goals.
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The weather for the next 5 Days
Below you will see a detailed weather map and forecast for the next 5 days.
For your exact location zoom in on the map and left click. This will then show a detailed weather forecast for the next 5 days along the bottom. Left click and drag the orange time tab to see the rest of the days and the weather.
In the top right hand corner of the map, you will see a orange menu button where you can select from over 40 different weather layers.
Links to more Drone information and news
UAS Airspace Restrictions
Navigation restrictions that are applicable to unmanned aircraft systems are published in the UK AIP (Section ENR 5.1 Prohibited, Restricted and Danger Areas) including restrictions applicable around aerodromes (Flight Restriction Zones) and restrictions applicable around other areas.
You can zoom in on the map below to check what some of the restrictions are for your area. More detailed information can be found in the links above.