A statistical examination of image stitching software packages for use with Unmanned Aerial Systems

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 419-425

  Gross, John W ^a   Heumann, Benjamin W ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; IMAGE STITCHING; MICROSOFT IMAGE COMPOSITE EDITORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VISUAL QUALITIES;

GEOMETRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PIXEL; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84988316999     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.82.6.419     Document Type: Article

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