Drone Mapping · GIS & Data Tools · Sensors & GPS
Ground truth for agriculture and the environment
We help farms and environmental projects capture accurate field data and turn it into decisions — drone mapping and custom apps that streamline data collection with immediate insight, GIS consultancy and online tools built for drone workflows, and the sensors and GPS hardware that feed the same picture. Coffee estates are where we go deepest.
What We Do
Three things, one goal: capture accurate field data and turn it into decisions — for a grower planning next season, a GIS team building on our pipeline, or an environmental project that needs an honest read on the ground.
Drone Mapping & Farm Data
Aerial surveys for agriculture and environmental monitoring — orthomosaics, terrain models, slope-corrected areas, pond and lake volumes — plus visual storytelling: before-and-after photos and video anyone can read at a glance, no numbers needed. Paired with custom apps that streamline field data collection and turn it into immediate insight.
GIS Consultancy & Data Tools
Raw drone imagery, interpreted: vegetation health, terrain and crop-siting zones, individual tree and plant detection. Custom processing pipelines for B2B partners and drone mapping freelancers, plus online tools built for drone-specific GIS workflows.
Sensors & GPS Products
Precision GPS and field sensor hardware for centimetre-level accuracy — RTK base stations, handheld GNSS, and correction-network access. Built to feed the same maps and data-collection apps, whether you fly a drone or not.
Real Survey Output
Every image below is an actual deliverable from a real Future Thota survey — not a mockup. Click through for the full breakdown of how each one is made and what it's used for.
Orthomosaic
RGB aerial map, up to 3 cm/pixel
Canopy Height Model
Classified canopy height bands
Crop Siting
Zone classification by cultivation fit
Tree Detection
Individual plant detection & count
Water Infrastructure
Pond & lake volume surveys
Slope Analysis
Terrain steepness, classified
Field Planning
Boundary editor, live in your browser
ThotaTracker
Live estate operations dashboard
Curious how our precision GPS network makes all of this centimetre-accurate? Read how RTK base stations work →
Live now
Drone mapping tools, right in your browser
No QGIS install, no GIS background needed. Draw and edit a site boundary, auto-generate an automated video flight path, and export flight-controller-ready files — all from tools.futurethota.com.
Built from the same field workflow we use on real survey projects, ported to the web so any drone operator can use it without learning GIS.
Boundary Editor
Draw and edit site boundaries in the browser — vertex snapping, undo, GeoJSON import/export.
Automated Flight Paths
Auto-generate a lawnmower-pattern video flight path from any boundary — no manual flight planning.
KMZ Export
Download ready-to-fly .kmz files, ready to load straight onto your flight controller.
Instant Access
No install, no license — just a quick sign-in and you're mapping.
Built for the field
ThotaTracker — your plantation, fully digital
Most plantation operations still run on paper registers, WhatsApp messages, and end-of-season guesswork. ThotaTracker replaces all of that with a single app — built specifically for how estates actually work.
It is a Progressive Web App that installs on any iOS or Android phone like a native app. It works fully offline in areas with no signal, syncs automatically when you reconnect, and mirrors the paper workflows your supervisors already use — so adoption is frictionless.
Already live and in active daily use on a production coffee estate. Every picking session, processing batch, and inventory movement logged digitally — no paper, no gaps.
Estate Dashboard
Picking Cost Breakdown
Season & Estate Reports
Real screenshots from the app running on an active coffee estate — not a mockup.
Who We Work With
Built for organisations that need ground truth — not just satellite averages.
Plantation Owners
Coffee, tea, and spice estate managers who want accurate maps, crop health data, and digital records.
Agri-Tech Companies
Startups and firms that need drone data, GIS workflows, or field intelligence integrated into their stack.
Research & NGOs
Academic teams and field programmes requiring geospatial data collection and processing for agricultural studies.
Government & AIC
Agricultural bodies and incubators working on precision farming, crop area estimation, and land monitoring.
Traction
From the field to the incubator — what we have built and where we are going.
The Roadmap
We are building a focused roadmap — not a feature list.
- Phase 1 Now
Digital Foundation & Intelligence
Get plantation data out of notebooks. Drone mapping and ThotaTracker rolled out across coffee-growing regions. Correlate aerial, ground, and environmental data — AI surfaces connections for yield prediction and benchmarking.
- Phase 2 Year 2 onwards
Assisted Operations
Data-driven labour assignment and tracking, paired with precision robotics — autonomous rovers carrying spatially aware sensors for data collection and interfacing with weeding and other labour implements, plus autonomous inspection drones. Every estate gets its own team of robots that advises and takes advice from the farmer, for complete control, maximum efficacy, and thorough traceability and reporting of plantation work.
Sustainability & Carbon
The same field data that helps a grower manage their land is also the raw material for measuring its environmental footprint. We are developing empirical, farm-level methods for carbon measurement — grounded in what is actually observed on the ground rather than generic per-hectare assumptions, and built for the reality that no two estates are managed the same way.
For growers
A clearer picture of the land's carbon and canopy over time, and where practice changes make a measurable difference.
For companies that source from farms
Independent, evidence-based assessment and ongoing tracking of conditions across the farms in a supply base — not self-reported estimates.
This is active research and development. If you are working on plantation sustainability or supply-chain measurement, get in touch.
From the Blog
Field notes on drone mapping, GIS, and agri-tech from South India.
Generate a Coloured Hillshade from DTM or DSM in QGIS
The generate_hillshade QGIS script blends a viridis colour ramp with multidirectional hillshade to turn any DTM or DSM into a publication-ready terrain map.
Hosting an RTK Base Station: What It Takes, and Why It's Worth It
What a precision GPS base station needs to run well, how a shared RTK correction network functions, and why one host benefits an entire region — not just their own use.
Plan a Drone Mapping Mission From Your Browser: Boundary Editor & Automated Flight Paths
A walkthrough of In Field, Future Thota's free browser tool for drawing a survey boundary and generating an automated video flight path — no GIS background needed.
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