UAV‐Based Remote Sensing Volume 1

UAV‐Based Remote Sensing Volume 1
Author: Felipe Gonzalez Toro
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038427772

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "UAV-Based Remote Sensing" that was published in Sensors

UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications

UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications
Author: Felipe Gonzalez Toro
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2018-11-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038971111

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications" that was published in Sensors

UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications

UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications
Author: Felipe Gonzalez Toro
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-11-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038970913

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications" that was published in Sensors

UAV-Based Remote Sensing Volume 1

UAV-Based Remote Sensing Volume 1
Author: Felipe Gonzalez Toro (Ed.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2018
Genre: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
ISBN:

Active technological development has fuelled rapid growth in the number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms being deployed around the globe. Novel UAV platforms, UAV-based sensors, robotic sensing and imaging techniques, the development of processing workflows, as well as the capacity of ultra-high temporal and spatial resolution data, provide both opportunities and challenges that will allow engineers and scientists to address novel and important scientific questions in UAV and sensor design, remote sensing and environmental monitoring.This work features papers on UAV sensor design, improvements in UAV sensor technology, obstacle detection, methods for measuring optical flow, target tracking, gimbal influence on the stability of UAV images, augmented reality tools, segmentation in digital surface models for 3D reconstruction, detection, location and grasping objects, multi-target localization, vision-based tracking in cooperative multi-UAV systems, noise suppression techniques , rectification for oblique images, two-UAV communication system, fuzzy-based hybrid control algorithms, pedestrian detection and tracking as well as a range of atmospheric, geological, , agricultural, ecological, reef, wildlife, building and construction, coastal area coverage, search and rescue (SAR), water plume temperature measurements, aeromagnetic and archaeological surveys applications.

UAV‐Based Remote Sensing Volume 2

UAV‐Based Remote Sensing Volume 2
Author: Felipe Gonzalez Toro
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038428558

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "UAV-Based Remote Sensing" that was published in Sensors

UAV Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

UAV Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Author: Fernando Carvajal-Ramírez
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-09-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3036514546

The concept of remote sensing as a way of capturing information from an object without making contact with it has, until recently, been exclusively focused on the use of Earth observation satellites. The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) controlled navigation and sensor-carrying capabilities has increased the number of publications related to new remote sensing from much closer distances. Previous knowledge about the behavior of the Earth's surface under the incidence different wavelengths of energy has been successfully applied to a large amount of data recorded from UAVs, thereby increasing the special and temporal resolution of the products obtained. More specifically, the ability of UAVs to be positioned in the air at pre-programmed coordinate points; to track flight paths; and in any case, to record the coordinates of the sensor position at the time of the shot and at the pitch, yaw, and roll angles have opened an interesting field of applications for low-altitude aerial photogrammetry, known as UAV photogrammetry. In addition, photogrammetric data processing has been improved thanks to the combination of new algorithms, e.g., structure from motion (SfM), which solves the collinearity equations without the need for any control point, producing a cloud of points referenced to an arbitrary coordinate system and a full camera calibration, and the multi-view stereopsis (MVS) algorithm, which applies an expanding procedure of sparse set of matched keypoints in order to obtain a dense point cloud. The set of technical advances described above allows for geometric modeling of terrain surfaces with high accuracy, minimizing the need for topographic campaigns for georeferencing of such products. This Special Issue aims to compile some applications realized thanks to the synergies established between new remote sensing from close distances and UAV photogrammetry.

Proceedings of UASG 2019

Proceedings of UASG 2019
Author: Kamal Jain
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2020-02-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030373932

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of geographic information systems and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics (UASG), held in Roorkee, India on April 6-7, 2019. It covers highly diverse topics, including photogrammetry and remote sensing, surveying, UAV manufacturing, geospatial data sensing, UAV processing, visualization, and management, UAV applications and regulations, geo-informatics and geomatics. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data

Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data
Author: Amy E. Frazier
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000401952

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are rapidly emerging as flexible platforms for capturing imagery and other data across the sciences. Many colleges and universities are developing courses on UAS-based data acquisition. Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data is a comprehensive, introductory text on how to use unmanned aircraft systems for data capture and analysis. It provides best practices for planning data capture missions and hands-on learning modules geared toward UAS data collection, processing, and applications. FEATURES Lays out a step-by-step approach to identify relevant tools and methods for UAS data/image acquisition and processing Provides practical hands-on knowledge with visual interpretation, well-organized and designed for a typical 16-week UAS course offered on college and university campuses Suitable for all levels of readers and does not require prior knowledge of UAS, remote sensing, digital image processing, or geospatial analytics Includes real-world environmental applications along with data interpretations and software used, often nonproprietary Combines the expertise of a wide range of UAS researchers and practitioners across the geospatial sciences This book provides a general introduction to drones along with a series of hands-on exercises that students and researchers can engage with to learn to integrate drone data into real-world applications. No prior background in remote sensing, GIS, or drone knowledge is needed to use this book. Readers will learn to process different types of UAS imagery for applications (such as precision agriculture, forestry, urban landscapes) and apply this knowledge in environmental monitoring and land-use studies.