What does a modern kit equipped with sensors and digital tools look like? Take a look at virtual tour of Bromil farm, which is part of the European project CODECS whose partner is the Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Economics.

The virtual tour offers an interactive 3D tour of the Bromil Farm orchard, which serves as a demonstration site for the CODECS project. The user has the opportunity to “walk” through the orchard sections, inspect the tree arrangement, terrain and infrastructure, and see where sensors and monitoring devices are located.

Features and functions

Placement of sensors and monitoring points
The virtual display shows where climate sensors, microclimate measurement stations, soil sensors and other devices that monitor environmental conditions – temperature, air humidity, soil moisture, or other parameters – are located. Users can see not only the trees and rows of the orchard, but also the exact positions of technical equipment.

Viewing terrain and distances
The tour allows you to become aware of the topography of the orchard, the distances between trees, the layout of the orchard groove, and perhaps even the shading, which is important for microclimatic conditions. This makes it easier to see how the terrain and layout affect the distribution of microclimatic conditions and why the sensors are placed in this way and not otherwise.

Visualization of the status of the set
The virtual tour offers an insight into the current vegetation status – trees, their growth, foliage, perhaps even signs of stress (e.g. drought) – based on the images and data integrated into the system. This helps to show how the images/data come into play when making decisions about orchard care.

Decision Support elements (decision support tools)
Users get an idea of how the data from individual sensors will be used – for example, how the system will alert them to the need for irrigation, frost protection, fertilization or other interventions. The virtual tour helps demonstrate how interventions could be carried out in a targeted and effective manner.

User interface and clarity
The system is designed so that the user can see the visual context – trees, tracks, sensors – and view information about individual points and elements via a web interface. This significantly increases the understanding of how everything works in real-world operation.

Bromil Farm is not just a place to test technologies – thanks to the virtual tour, it becomes an open textbook of digital agricultureThe CODECS project thus shows that modern technologies are not the music of the future, but a reality that is already changing the face of European fruit growing today.

You can find the virtual tour here: Virtual Orchard Management System - Bromil