Earthwork volumetrics with an unmanned aerial vehicle and softcopy photogrammetry

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a   Walker, Jordan ^b   Brown, Owen ^b   Myshak, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Isis Geomatics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; Earthwork; Mapping; Topography; Unmanned uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV); Volumetrics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXCAVATION; FOUNDATIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVEL; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AERIAL VEHICLE; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EARTHWORK; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; VOLUMETRICS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EARTHWORKS; GPS; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84921448878     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: 19435428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000138     Document Type: Article

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