Generating a high-precision true digital orthophoto map based on UAV images

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Liu, Yu ^a   Zheng, Xinqi ^a   Ai, Gang ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Zuo, Yuqiang ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b China Land Surveying and Planning Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Digital surface model; Multi view stereo; Structure from motion; True digital orthophoto map; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053699703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi7090333     Document Type: Article

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