Accuracy enhancement of unmanned helicopter positioning with low-cost system

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Coppa, Ugo ^a   Guarnieri, Alberto ^b   Pirotti, Francesco ^b   Vettore, Antonio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autopilot; Kalman filter; MEMS; Model helicopter; UAV

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GPS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84867345286     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-009-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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