Supporting wilderness search and rescue using a camera-equipped mini UAV

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-110

  Goodrich, Michael A ^a   Morse, Bryan S ^a   Gerhardt, Damon ^a   Cooper, Joseph L ^a   Quigley, Morgan ^b   Adams, Julie A ^c   Humphrey, Curtis ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE COMPRESSION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL IMAGERY; VISUAL-BASED AERIAL SEARCH;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 38549136577     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20226     Document Type: Article

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