Going One Step Ahead in Drone Imaging

DROACOR® is a software product created and maintained by ReSe Applications LLC. Ask for our free trial version for 20 days.

Features

DROACOR® can be used out of the box for supported sensor systems. The mostly automatic data import and pre-configured atmospheric correction makes it usable without expert knowledge about atmospheric compensation.

Automatic physical reflectance retrieval method

Radiation parameters from LibRadtran radiative transfer model

Temperature retrievel fo single band TIR sensors

Processing of ground based and side-looking imagery

Aerosol optical thickness estimate by enhanced dark object method

Topographic illumination correction based on digital surface model input

Optional below-cloud reflectance retrieval

Panel based inflight radiometric calibration

Built-in multi-file and simultaneous multi-product vegetation index calculation

Data visualization, evaluation and basic processing using the build-in GLIMPS tools

De-shadowing of cloud/building cast shadow areas using image-based shade detection routines.

batch processing support through the availability of an open data format and scripting environment,

Spectral recalibration for VNIR and SWIR using oxygen band positions

Automatic processing and product generation

Improved results in shaded vegetation areas

A New Generation

During the last few years, drone-borne sensors have been widely used in geology, exploration, and agriculture. Image acquisition is possible for clear and cloudy conditions and in areas difficult to access. UAV data acquisitions are often conducted over longer periods of the day. Our new generation physical approach of atmospheric correction software provides a practical solution to this problem. It improves the analysis of the series of images since ground brightness variations caused by varying illumination conditions and atmospheric influences can be compensated.

DROACOR® is designed for currently available UAV based sensors. It is suited for multispectral visible/near infrared sensors as well as for hyperspectral instruments operating within the 400 – 2500 nm spectral range.
  • Usable without expert knowledge about atmospheric compensation
  • Reflectance retrieval consistent over time and solar position
  • Improved results in shaded vegetation areas
  • Enables meaningful time series analyses through coherent reflectance retrievals
  • Allows quantitative index analysis using absolute reflectances
  • Optimized for fully automatic processing and product generation
  • Low altitude optimized adjacency radiance and irradiance correction
The DROACOR® software has been built specifically for operational processing of large volumes of drone data which includes fully automatic operation in a batch or cloud computing environment. This software leads to higher consistency for large scale UAV data processing without the need of frequent deployment of reference panels in the field.
  • Optimized for low flight altitudes (i.e. < 2 km above ground)
  • Consistent image acquisitions and meta data (e.g. EXIF) required
DROACOR® can be used out of the box for supported sensor systems. The mostly automatic data import and pre-configured atmospheric correction makes it usable without expert knowledge about atmospheric compensation.

Use Cases

Prices

Teaching

DROACOR® Education

from EUR 900.- / year

Get a free evaluation license to try out this software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.

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*Please note: Educational licenses are sold to universities and schools only, to be used for educational purposes at limited support (no operational processing of data).
Non-commercial

DROACOR® Research

from EUR 1’450.- / year

Get a free evaluation license to try out this software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.

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*Please note: research licenses are sold to research institutes and universities for regular, but non-commercial processing of research data.
Professional

DROACOR® Commercial

from EUR 2’100.- / year

Get a free evaluation license to try out this software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.

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*Please note: commercial licenses are valid for operational processing of any kind of data and include extended support (e.g., data type dependent interface customization).

Testimonials

We just saw the release of DROACOR®, very exciting it is out!
Margaret
Researcher / University
I am so happy to know that DROACOR® is suitable for our project.
Manuel
Manager / Engineering Company

About Us

ReSe Applications LLC provides Remote Sensing Software Applications for processing of multispectral and hyperspectral images. The provided software applications PARGE®, DROACOR®, ATCOR® and MODO are designed to process remote sensing data derived from devices like Hymap, APEX, AVIRIS, NEO’s Hyspex, Specim’s AISA, Headwall Photonics Hyperspec, Resonon Pika, Itres’ CASI, and more. It builds upon IDL technology to extend remote sensing software packages like ENVI.

News

04. September 2022

DROACOR® version 2.0 is released

We’re proud to announce version 2.0 of our unique atmospheric correction software DROACOR® The updated tool for reflectance retrieval adds support for more sensors and systems and allows for high quality reflectance outputs.
05. January 2022

DROACOR® Version 1.1 is released

After its initial release in summer 2021, development of DROACOR® is fast progressing. We’re happy to announce the below update, available to all current users of DROACOR®.
22. June 2021

DROACOR® Version 1.0 is released

DROACOR® is a new fully automatic atmospheric correction and reflectance retrieval package. It is designed for currently available UAV based sensors. It is suited for multispectral visible/near-infrared sensors as well as for hyperspectral instruments operating within the 400–2500 nm spectral range.

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