Using video acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to measure fracture orientation in an open-PIT mine

Geomatica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-180

  McLeod, Tara ^a   Samson, Claire ^a   Labrie, Martin ^a   Shehata, Kareem ^a   Mah, Jason ^a   Lai, Po ^a   Wang, Langyue ^a   Elder, James H ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; POINT CLOUD; QUAD ROTORS; ROCK WALLS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; URBAN SCENES; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; VIDEO IMAGE;

FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIDEO CAMERAS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINING INDUSTRY; OPEN PIT MINE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886934022     PISSN: 11951036     EISSN: 19254296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5623/cig2013-036     Document Type: Article

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