Development and evaluation of a UAV-photogrammetry system for precise 3D environmental modeling

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 27493-27524

  Shahbazi, Mozhdeh ^a   Sohn, Gunho ^b   Théau, Jérôme ^a   Menard, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre de Géomatique du Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Georeferencing; Ground control point; Mine; Modeling; Photogrammetry; UAV

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE CODING; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MINES; MODELS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPEN PIT MINING; ROCK MECHANICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIRECT GEOREFERENCING; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; GEOREFERENCING; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS; ON BOARD DATA ACQUISITIONS; PARTICULAR SOLUTION;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 84946079891     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151127493     Document Type: Article

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