Unmanned aerial systems and structure from motion revolutionize wetlands mapping

Remote Sensing of Wetlands: Applications and Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 195-220

  Madden, Marguerite ^a   Jordan, Thomas ^a   Bernardes, Sergio ^a   Cotten, David L ^a   O’Hare, Nancy ^a   Pasqua, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WETLANDS;

ANDERSONS; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; POLICY MAKERS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84979268585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18210     Document Type: Chapter

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