The autonomous mini helicopter: A powerful platform for mobile mapping

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 977-983

  Eisenbeiss, Henri ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Automation; Integration; Mapping; Mobile; Processing; Uav

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTEGRATION; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; TRIANGULATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); USER INTERFACES;

ACQUISITION; AERIAL TRIANGULATION; IMAGE ORIENTATION; MANUAL INTERACTION; MOBILE; MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEMS; MODEL HELICOPTERS; USER INTERACTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 85015005033     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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