Assessing the accuracy of georeferenced point clouds produced via multi-view stereopsis from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1573-1599

  Harwin, Steve ^a   Lucieer, Arko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D point cloud; Accuracy assessment; Coastal environment; Multi view stereopsis; UAV

Indexed keywords

3D POINT CLOUD; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARBITRARY COORDINATE SYSTEM; BATTERY TECHNOLOGY; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SITES; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING; FIELD SURVEYS; FULL RESOLUTIONS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; GEOREFERENCING; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; HELMERT TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE CAPTURES; MICRO-UAV; MINIATURISATION; MULTI-VIEWS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; POINT CLOUD; TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN CHANGES; TOTAL STATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER VISION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84865008271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4061573     Document Type: Article

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