LOw-cost multispectral aerial imaging using autonomous runway-free small flying wing vehicles

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Jensen, Austin M ^a   Baumann, Marc ^a   Chen, YangQuan ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Georeferencing; Multispectral remote; NASA world wind; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGES; AERIAL IMAGING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FLYING WINGS; GEOREFERENCE; GEOREFERENCING; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INHERENT ERRORS; MAN-IN-THE-LOOP; MULTI-SPECTRAL; MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE; SMALL UAV; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WORKING SYSTEMS;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLES;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 67649823561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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