Irrigation analysis
Find the dry corner and the buried leak
Thermal imaging exposes dry patches, leaks and uneven coverage so water goes where it is actually needed.
What this costs today
Irrigation problems are invisible until the crop shows them, and by then the water has already been wasted. A partially blocked nozzle, a slow leak in a buried line, or a pivot that under-delivers on one arc can run for weeks while the meter keeps counting.
How the flight runs
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Fly warm
Thermal flights are timed for the hottest part of the day, when water stressed plants separate most clearly from watered ones.
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Normalise
Canopy temperature is corrected against air temperature and reference surfaces so readings compare across days.
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Locate
Cold anomalies point to leaks and pooling; hot anomalies point to under-delivery and stress.
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Route
Each anomaly becomes a marked point with coordinates you can walk or drive to directly.
What the aircraft carries
- Radiometric thermal camera
- Ambient temperature and humidity probe
- RGB reference camera
Fortnightly during the irrigation season, plus a check flight after any repair.
What you receive
- Canopy temperature map
- Anomaly list with coordinates
- Coverage uniformity score
- Repair verification flight
What it measures
Readings this capability produces on your fields. Measurements, not promises.
- Canopy temperature spread
- Number of open anomalies
- Uniformity across the irrigated block
- Water applied per irrigated hectare
Where this carries the most weight
All use cases-
Vineyards
Vigour mapping by row, downy and powdery mildew surveillance, frost pockets, and the terrain where drone application is actually permitted.
Parcels of 0.5 to 20 hectares, including slopes machinery cannot work.
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Glasshouses and protected crops
Pollination assist through flowering, canopy health by row, and irrigation uniformity across a house with no rain to mask it.
Houses of 0.2 to 10 hectares under glass or plastic.
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Orchards
Fruit counting for the pack house booking, blossom frost protection, tree by tree health, and birds at ripening.
Blocks of 1 to 40 hectares.
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Soft fruit and berries
Picking forecasts for labour planning, irrigation uniformity under tunnels, bird pressure and frost on early varieties.
Blocks of 0.5 to 15 hectares, open field and tunnels.
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Potatoes
Blight surveillance on a tight cadence, irrigation uniformity from thermal imaging, and a yield estimate before lifting.
Blocks of 5 to 60 hectares, usually irrigated.