UAV-based stereo vision for rapid aerial terrain mapping

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-49

  Stefanik, Kevin ^a   Gassaway, Jason ^a   Kochersberger, Kevin ^a   Abbott, A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISASTER RELIEF; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIDAR; MAPPING; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STEREO IMAGE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRAIN; UNMANNED VEHICLE; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79952395210     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.1.24     Document Type: Article

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