High spatial resolution data acquisition for the geosciences: Kite aerial photography

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Smith, Mike J ^a   Chandler, Jim ^b   Rose, James ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial; DEM; Digital; Kite; Mapping; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CAMERAS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AERIAL; DATA CAPTURES; DEM; DERIVED DATUM; DIGITAL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIES; ELEVATION DATUM; GEOSCIENCES; GROUND CONTROLS; HIGH RESOLUTION DATUM; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; IMAGE TEXTURES; KITE; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NON-METRIC CAMERAS; SAMPLING POINTS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; VERY HIGH RESOLUTIONS;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 63049124484     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1702     Document Type: Article

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