A meta-analysis and review of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) imagery for terrestrial applications

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 15-16, 2018, Pages 5078-5098

  Singh, Kunwar K ^a   Frazier, Amy E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GEOMETRIC CORRECTION; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TERRESTRIAL APPLICATION; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; META-ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85040976594     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1420941     Document Type: Article

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