Kimchi, made from salted and fermented vegetables, is a staple food of South Korea. Much of the cabbage for kimchi is grown in the Gangwon province. Recently, the Korea Rural Economic Institute determined that there was not enough cabbage produced in the area to meet demand, resulting in unstable prices. SISTECH was tasked with creating a model of the farming areas to assess their current state and measure cabbage production, though the sloped, alpine farms made accurate modeling a challenge.

SISTECH chose ContextCapture to quickly process images captured by drones, then create an accurate, detailed 3D model of the cabbage farms. The clear visualization allowed them to easily analyze the area, determine farm sizes, identify the types and number of cabbages grown, and calculate the number of cabbages shipped. The information gave local officials a full understanding of the current state of cabbage production in Gangwon for the first time. Allocating workers to where they were needed led to cabbage prices falling by 20%.