Assessment of UAV-photogrammetric mapping accuracy based on variation of ground control points

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-10

  Martínez Carricondo, Patricio ^a   Agüera Vega, Francisco ^a   Carvajal Ramírez, Fernando ^a   Mesas Carrascosa, Francisco Javier ^b   García Ferrer, Alfonso ^b   Pérez Porras, Fernando Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital surface model (DSM); Ground control points (GCPs); Orthoimages; Photogrammetry; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MAPPING METHOD; ORTHOPHOTO; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85050488905     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2018.05.015     Document Type: Article

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