The rise of UAVs

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 317-325

  Cummings, Anthony R ^a   McKee, Arlo ^a   Kulkarni, Keyur ^a   Markandey, Nakul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; PRIVACY CONCERNS; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; REMOTE SENSING; SAFETY; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85018203295     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.83.4.317     Document Type: Article

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