Geospatial Intelligence for Smart Agriculture

Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Intelligence
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-223491-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

This book covers the wide range of remote sensing and GIS tools available to farmers and the specific benefits these can offer. It covers various technologies and case studies, such as AI, remote sensing, Machine learning, IoT, Deep learning, wireless sensors, and GIS for crop health monitoring, precision irrigation, soil quality management, pest control, and yield prediction. With case studies and real-world applications, the book highlights the key role of remote sensing in revolutionizing the agriculture that help farmers to address open challenges, such as climatic variation, resource scarcity, and the growing global demand for food. It also explores the future of smart agriculture practices, offering insights into the next wave of innovations that will continue to shape the industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garg, Pradeep K.

Sharma, Lavanya

Rusnak, Milos

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. P.K. Garg worked as a Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun. Presently he is working in the department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee as a Professor. He has completed B.Tech (Civil Engg.) in 1980 and M.Tech (Civil Engg) in 1982 both from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). He is a recipient of Gold Medal at IIT Roorkee to stand first during M.Tech programme, Commonwealth Scholarship Award for doing Ph.D. from University of Bristol (UK), and Commonwealth Fellowship Award to carry out post-doctoral research work at University of Reading (UK).

Dr. Lavanya Sharma received her Ph.D. (Computer Science) from Uttarakhand Technical University (State Government University), India in 2018, in the area of Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision. She also received TEQIP scholarship for the same. She received her M.Tech (Computer Science) in 2013 from Manav Rachna College of Engineering, affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana, India. She is currently working in Amity University as an Assistant Professor, Senior Research Team member.  A certified professional 20 professional certificates. Her work is on Motion based Object Detection using Background Subtraction Technique for Smart Video Surveillance. She is recipient of several prestigious awards during her academic career and qualified certification courses from ISRO Dehradun unit, India.

Dr. Milos Rusnak is professor in Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Physical Geography, Geomorphology and Natural Hazards, Štefánikova tislava, Slovakia. He has done his Ph.D from Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave Prírodovedecká fakulta: Bratislava, SK  in the domain of GIS and Masters from the same university. He is having more than 15 years of experience in fluvial geomorphology, GIS, UAV data acquisition and processing in geomorphological research - study of channel morphology, fluvial processes and sediment connections of gravel-bed and wandering-braided rivers - image processing of spatial data in GIS - applications of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in fluvial geomorphology.