UAV deployment exercise for mapping purposes: Evaluation of emergency response applications

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 15717-15737

  Boccardo, Piero ^a   Chiabrando, Filiberto ^a   Dutto, Furio ^b   Tonolo, Fabio Giulio ^c   Lingua, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Città Metropolitana di Torino Servizio Protezione Civile   (Italy)

^c ITHACA (Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance Cooperation and Action)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Civil protection; Emergency response; Orthophoto; Photogrammetry; UAV

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; FIXED PLATFORMS; FIXED WINGS; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CIVIL PROTECTION; COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDINGS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; INFORMATION GATHERING; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; ORTHO PHOTOS; TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84936980429     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150715717     Document Type: Article

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