Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants with Drones

NC State University doctoral researcher Will Reckling prepares to launch a drone on Roan Mountain, NC, to map the area for endangered high-elevation plants - Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants with Drones - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 5, 2021

Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants with Drones

Researchers from the Center for Geospatial Analytics have devised a method to more safely and efficiently monitor endangered high-elevation plants, by predicting their likely locations and then flying drones in high-probability areas to collect imagery.

Researchers test drones to detect resistant ash trees.

Sep 17, 2020

Scientists Pilot Drones in Effort to Save Trees From Invasive Beetle

NC State researchers are using drones to try to find ash trees with natural resistance to the emerald ash borer invasive pest, and Center research associate Justyna Jeziorska is is leading the drone reconnaissance effort.

Will Reckling pilots a drone custom-equipped to sample water

Aug 13, 2020

Taking Research with Drones to New Heights

NC State alum and current doctoral student Will Reckling is putting drones to work in new and unique ways to monitor the environment––from finding rare plants on the tops of mountains to mapping harmful algal blooms and even collecting water samples.

Dec 17, 2019

UAVs and Christmas Trees: New Research to Help NC Growers Benefit From Drone Technology

A new partnership between NC State’s Christmas Tree Extension Team and Center for Geospatial Analytics will test how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) can help NC Christmas tree growers more efficiently monitor tree size and health.

View of an agriculture field from an overhead drone

Feb 22, 2019

Student Travel: Delving into Precision Agriculture at AGU

At the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kellyn Montgomery presented her latest research examining predictors of crop yield with drone imagery of agricultural fields.

A photo of a woman using a drone for the Center for Geospatial Analytics

Jul 2, 2018

Taking Flight with Drone Research

Winner of a 2018 NASA/NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship, incoming Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kellyn Montgomery is launching an innovative study of crop health this summer.

Feb 7, 2018

For Drone Research and Training at NC State, the Sky’s the Limit

Looking for opportunities to expand your expertise in Unmanned Aerial Systems? Find what you're searching for with the Center for Geospatial Analytics’ graduate courses, workshops, and UAS research programs.

Nov 14, 2017

Justyna Jeziorska Certified as UAS Mapping Scientist

Research associate Justyna Jeziorska contributes significantly to Unmanned Aerial Systems research and teaching at the Center for Geospatial Analytics and is the center’s first certified UAS Mapping Scientist.