Sky’s-Eye Perspective: A Multidimensional Review of UAV Applications in Highway Systems

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have emerged as promising solutions to overcome the shortcomings of traditional highway-monitoring approaches. UAVs have been used extensively for highway traffic monitoring, infrastructure inspection, safety analysis, and environmental mana...

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Published in:	Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	Hengyu Liu, Rongguo Ma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-10-01
Subjects:	unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) highway systems drone sensor transportation infrastructure traffic monitoring
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/20/11199

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