UAV or Drones for Remote Sensing Applications in GPS/GNSS Enabled and GPS/GNSS Denied Environments

• Other Authors: Gonzalez Toro, Felipe (Editor), Tsourdos, Antonios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; UAV; landing; optical flow; video navigation; Kalman filter; coastal mapping; coastal monitoring; Digital Elevation Models (DEMs); geomorphological evolution; photogrammetry; Structure-from-Motion (SfM); Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); snow mapping; UAS; remote sensing; direct georeferencing; snow field; snow-covered area; snow depth; water level changes; UAV photogrammetry; tidal phase; GNSS; Kilim River; unmanned aerial vehicles; UAV swarms; visual detection; visual tracking; machine vision; deep learning; YOLO; laser guidance; emergency landing; particle filter; change detection; convolutional neural networks; moving camera; image alignment; multirotor; ground effect; sensor faults; UAV imagery; bundle block adjustment; digital surface model; orthomosaic; data collection; accuracy; technical guidelines; DSM assessment; backpack mobile mapping; underground cellars; unmanned aerial vehicle; unmanned aerial system; vision-based navigation; search and rescue; vision and action; OODA; inspection; target detection; autonomous localization; 3D registration; GPS-denied environment; real-time; multi-robot; bioinspired map; topologic mapping; map exploration; onboard GNSS RTK; UAS traffic management; multiple UAV navigation; navigation in GPS/GNSS-denied environments; distributed state estimation; consensus theory; computer architecture; decision making; navigation; semantics; aerial systems; applications, inspection robotics, bridge inspection with UAS; POMDP; Deep Reinforcement-Learning; multi-agent; search
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The design of novel UAV systems and the use of UAV platforms integrated with robotic sensing and imaging techniques, as well as the development of processing workflows and the capacity of ultra-high temporal and spatial resolution data, have enabled a rapid uptake of UAVs and drones across several i...