An analysis of the influence of flight parameters in the generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) orthomosaicks to survey archaeological areas

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Mesas Carrascosa, Francisco Javier ^a   García, María Dolores Notario ^a   De Larriva, Jose Emilio Meroño ^a   García Ferrer, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archeology; Orthomosaick; Positional quality; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANTENNAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; ROCK MECHANICS;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; ARCHEOLOGY; FLIGHT PARAMETERS; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; GROUND SAMPLE DISTANCES; ORTHOMOSAICK; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84994766904     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16111838     Document Type: Article

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