Due to the popularity of the aerial imaging session at last
year’s NAAA Convention, Chenghai Yang from the USDA-ARS Aerial Application
Technology Research Unit in College Station, Texas will lead another USDA
Aerial Image Processing Workshop at the 2017 Ag Aviation Expo on Wed., Dec. 6
from 8 – 10 a.m. The 2017 workshop will demonstrate some of the image systems
that USDA has assembled and Yang will provide up-to-date information on these
systems. You will see demonstrations on how to use the commercial image
processing software Pix4DMapper to process a set of geotagged red-green-blue
(RGB) and near-infrared (NIR) images acquired with a two-camera imaging system.
The images will be converted into georeferenced image mosaics, surface
elevation models, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) maps and
prescription maps for precision aerial application.
Any NAAA Ag Aviation Expo
attendees are welcome to attend the workshop to see the camera systems and/or
the process to convert images into useful maps. For those who are interested in
gaining some hands-on experience on image processing, please contact Chenghai
Yang at chenghai.yang@ars.usda.gov to
receive the download instructions for the software and sample images for the
workshop.
NAAA
Ag Aviation Expo Registration
Attendee
registration is open for the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo. Register
online or print
off a paper registration form and mail it in with your payment.
Exhibitors:
there are still booths available for the 2017 NAAA Trade Show. Exhibitor
details are online here and
you can purchase your booth space here.
Book Your Hotel Room
2017 NAAA Ag Aviation Expo housing is coordinated through the Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Housing office. Please do not call the hotels directly; use the link and/or phone number below to book your room.
Rooms are available at the Westin Savannah Harbor (directly next to the convention center), Hyatt Regency Savannah and Savannah Marriott Riverfront hotels (across the river from the convention center and Westin—transportation provided).
Book your room today by clicking here or calling the housing bureau at (912) 644-6465. Please note that reservations are taken Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. If you cannot call during those hours, please book your room here.
PLEASE NOTE THE CANCELLATION POLICY FOR THE WESTIN FOR 2017. For each reservation canceled after Nov. 1, a non-refundable one-night room and tax will be charged to the credit card on file. Guests who check out early (prior to the reserved check-out date) will be assessed one full night's room charge, plus applicable taxes. This was put in place in 2015 due to many people cancelling rooms at the Westin a few days before the NAAA Ag Aviation Expo, leaving dozens of rooms unfilled at that hotel.
Complimentary Transportation & River Taxis
Complimentary river taxis and bus transportation will be provided between the hotels, convention center and the downtown Savannah entertainment district for all exhibitors and attendees.
