“Aerial Analytics” by Michael G. White Now Available
We are delighted to share the product of Michael White’s 2024 LFA Fellowship!
Michael White’s 2024 LFA Fellowship allowed him to explore the use of emerging drone and imaging technologies to monitor the performance of complex urban landscape planting projects.
Michael’s research merged data collected from drone-mounted multispectral cameras, with climate and soil data, to analyse plant performance of planting projects, and to validate it with ground surveys. His aim was to enable more detailed measurement of the success (and failure) of plant growth in large-scale green infrastructure projects to improve the performance of future plantings.
His final report documents Michael’s research and explains how this approach can be applied to new landscape planting projects. It represents evidence-led, practice-grounded innovation that the LFA Fellowship Program is proud to support.
You can watch Michael discussing his Fellowship project with LFA Ambassador, Crosbie Lorimer, here: https://www.landscapefoundation.org.au/news-articles/using-drone-technology-to-track-green-infrastructure-performance
Michael’s report, Aerial Analytics: Investigating the use of drones and spatial data to assess urban plantings, is available to download by filling in the form below:
Interested in finding out more about the LFA Fellowship Program?
Please contact us at LFA@landscapefoundation.org.au