%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2021 %T A Year Acquiring and Publishing Drone Aerial Images in Research on Agriculture, Forestry, and Private Urban Gardens %A Olli Niemitalo %A Eero Koskinen %A Jari Hyväluoma %A Esa Lientola %A Henrik Lindberg %A Olli Koskela %A Iivari Kunttu %X Drone imaging has been shown to have increasing value in monitoring and analysing different kinds of processes related to agriculture and forestry. In long-term monitoring and observation tasks, huge amounts of image data are produced and stored. Environmental drone image datasets may have value beyond the studies that produced the data. A collection of image datasets from multiple data producers can, for example, provide more diverse training input for a machine learning model for vegetation classification, compared with a single dataset limited in time and location. To ensure reproducible research, research data such as image datasets should be published in usable and undegraded form, with sufficient metadata. Timely storage in a stable research data repository is recommended, to avoid loss of data. This work presents research datasets of 2020 drone images acquired from agricultural and forestry research sites of Häme University of Applied Sciences, and from Hämeenlinna urban areas. Those images that do not contain personal data are made freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. For images containing personal data, such as images of private homes, privacy preserving forms of data sharing may be possible in the future. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 11 %P 5-16 %8 02/2021 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1418 %N 2 %1 HAMK Olli Niemitalo currently works as a data scientist at HAMK. He has a passion in open research and in development of data management practices. Olli has a BSc in biochemistry from Oulu University and a professional background in digital signal processing. %2 HAMK Eero Koskinen is in the last year of his forestry studies at HAMK. Eero has worked in forestry his whole life. During his studies at Evo he got hooked on learning more about GIS. The GIS and drone courses at Evo enabled him to get an internship at the HAMK Evo campus, during which he gathered and processed drone data, including the image datasets presented in this article. %3 Häme University of Applied Sciences Jari Hyväluoma currently works as a Principal Research Scientist at Häme University of Applied Sciences. He received a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Jyväskylä in 2006. His research interests include soil structure, soil hydraulic properties, and organic soil amendments. %4 HAMK Henrik Lindberg (M.Sc., Forestry) is a senior lecturer in HAMK whose field is forest ecology and silviculture. In his research activities, he has focused especially on nature management, forest biodiversity, and forest restoration. %# HAMK Esa Lientola (Master of Natural Resources, Forestry) is a senior lecturer in forestry at HAMK, who specializes in remote sensing, forest planning, and GIS-applications of forestry. In recent years, he has concentrated particularly on developing the practical use of drones for the study of natural resources. %$ Häme University of Applied Sciences Olli Koskela is currently working as a research manager at Häme University of Applied Sciences with a data science team. His research areas include many bioeconomic processes, such as dairy production, feed quality management, and soil maintenance. He holds a Master of Science in applied mathematics from Helsinki University, and is currently finalizing his PhD thesis in the field of biomedical engineering at Tampere University. %] Häme University of Applied Sciences Iivari Kunttu holds a PhD in Information Technology from the Tampere University of Technology (TUT, 2005), a PhD in Economics (Management) from the University of Vaasa, Finland (2017), and M.A. in Education from Tampere University, Finland (2020). Currently he acts as Leading Research Scientist in Häme University of Applied Sciences. From 2012 to 2017, he held an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Management at the University of Vaasa. He has also held several R&D Manager and R&D Process Development specialist positions in the Nokia Corporation, and Project Manager positions in TUT. His current research interests include R&D and innovation management, data analysis, business development, as well as digital services. His works have been published in such international journals as Pattern Recognition Letters, Machine Vision Applications, Optical Engineering, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Annals of Long-term Care, Technovation, Industry and Innovation, and Technology Innovation Management Review. %& 5 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1418