Point Cloud Generation from Aerial Image Data Acquired by a Quadrocopter Type Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and a Digital Still Camera

Point Cloud Generation from Aerial Image Data Acquired by a Quadrocopter Type Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and a Digital Still Camera

The objective of this investigation was to develop and investigate methods for point cloud generation by image matching using aerial image data collected by quadrocopter type micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imaging systems. Automatic generation of high-quality, dense point clouds from digital im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomi Rosnell, Eija Honkavaara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-01-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
unmanned aerial vehicle
photogrammetry
point cloud
small sensor digital camera
calibration
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/1/453/

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http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/1/453/

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