A micro aerial vehicle with precise position and attitude sensors

Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 239-251

  Rehak, Martin ^a   Mabillard, Romain ^a   Skaloud, Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GNSS INS; Integrated sensor orientation; MAV; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940358644     PISSN: 14328364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1432-8364/2014/0240     Document Type: Article

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