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Title: Coffee harvest optimization using Pathfinder-Plus. Professor Stanley R. Herwitz (PI Clark University.)
Zooms to graphic map of Hawaiian Islands and dissolves to map. Slate appears, "Hawaiian Islands special use airspace."
Dissolves to graphic map of horizon, sea and islands. Zooms in on Kauai. Zooms into landing strip to show solar-powered airplane, Pathfinder-Plus, an ‘uninhabited aerial vehicle’ (UAV). Slate says, "Pathfinder-Plus at PMRF."
Airplane takes off and flies over water. Slate says, "Ascent in PMRF range optimizing sun angle."
Zoom back and up to see plane as speck over water. Slate reports, "Simulation based on actual geo-referenced coordinates."
Zoom up to show graphic of islands and dissolve to map of same. Slate says, "Red lines = flight path; red circles = way points."
Next slate, "Yellow lines = computed aircraft fall points."
Zoom into map. Slate says, "Fall points entirely over water."
Continues zooming into southern Kauai. Slate, "Entering nation air space; local time 13:45."
Dissolves to map showing red lines crisscrossing plantation. Slate says, "Image acquisition flight plan."
Superimpose infrared map of plantation with yellow boundaries. Slate says, "Plantation boundaries."
Zooms up and shows tiny representation of solar-powered airplane flying back and forth across map of plantation. Slate says, "Overlapping swaths of imagery." This image includes yellow "beam" showing picture-taking area.
Next slate, "Imagery transferred to harvesting operations in progress."
Slate, "Locating ripest fields."
Zooms back and dissolves to computer graphic of aerial image of plantation and solar airplane taking pictures. Slate, "Optimizing harvest of higher value coffee beans." Upper right hand corner of graphic includes inserted image of coffee harvester machines.
Slate, "Extended loiter capability for additional imaging."
Slate, "Remote zoom capability for higher resolution imaging."
Pans left to show airplane returning to base. Slate, "Extended loiter capability if delay required for suitable landing conditions." Aircraft lands. Slate, "Mission complete."
Zooms up to show Hawaiian Islands. Ending slate, "Coffee harvest optimization using UAV platforms for the acquisition of high spatial resolution, real-time, multi-spectral imagery. Professor Stanley R. Herwitz, Clark University. Tel. 508-793-7209, Fax 508-793-8880. E-mail: sherwitz@clarku.edu
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