Facilities

The GIS and remote sensing laboratory at BSMRAU has excellent human resources and infrastructure capacity for SMART farming and precision agriculture. Research work includes geostatistical analysis and satellite image processing using different machine learning algorithms and modeling. The LAB has a space of 300 square meters. Expenses covered by the institution include salaries for the faculty member and researcher. The University’s budget covers utilities and annual maintenance of Lab facilities and equipment. Students’ stipend is maintained by research funding. Separate office spaces are available for faculty members and guest/ visiting researchers. The University’s research management committee offers annual research grants/ seed grants. The Lab has the following facilities:

Softwares

Drone/ aerial image processing: Pix4D mapper, Agisoft metashape

Remote sensing software- GRASS, Orfeo-toolbox, InterImage, Fusion, RStoolbox, GDAL, Raster

GIS software- Quantum GIS, DIVA-GIS, ArcGIS pro, R, Python, Matlab

Statistical Package- Rstudio, R

Simulation software- SimCLIM2013, DSSAT, APSIM

Hardware

Drone / UAS / UAV

Fixed-wing:eBEE X 

Multirotor: DJI Inspire2; Matrice 300

FLIR ONE Gen 3 Thermal Camera

VIS-Red edge-NIR-Thermal sensor (Micasense Altum and Dual Camera system)

10 Hi-definition workstations with a server and a GPU for remote sensing and GIS analysis

MS-720 UV/VNIR calibrated field spectrometer with optics for measurement of radiance, irradiance, and reflectance (350-1050nm)

Spectralon (25cm x 25cm) calibration panels for field

LiCOR Plant canopy analyzer (LAI meter)

Inclinometer Vertex Laser VL402

Field vegetation sampling equipment (DBH tape)

Garmin Map76 GPS

GPS camera

Multimedia projector

Plotter

Field lab- for field experiments including model rainwater harvest system, multilayer agroforestry system, nursery, experimental crop field, etc.

Advance lab- for biochemical analysis