Ground-control networks for image based surface reconstruction: An investigation of optimum survey designs using UAV derived imagery and structure-from-motion photogrammetry

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Tonkin, Toby N ^a,b   Midgley, Nicholas G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital surface model (DSM); Ennerdale; Ground control points s(GCPs); Structure from Motion (SfM); Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; ENNERDALE; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; MULTI-VIEW STEREOPSIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; TOPOGRAPHIC DATASETS;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 85013645668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8090786     Document Type: Article

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