In the last decade, the combination of rapid development of low cost and small Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), improved battery technology and conventional sensors (Optical and …

This paper presents the preliminary results of the IPL project 196 “Development and
applications of a multi-sensor drone for geohazards monitoring and mapping.” The objective …

Landslides are posing a significant global hazard as they occur instantaneously with
devastating consequences. The development of new remote sensing technologies and …

The Department of Earth Sciences of Florence (DST) has developed a new type of drone
chassis., Several survey campaigns were performed in Ricasoli village, in the Upper Arno …

In Italy every year, the hydrogeological instability causes the destruction of roads, buildings,
etc., causing victims and countless economic damage. The monitoring of natural hazards …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle have found their usage in various academic and industry
domains, mainly due to the versatility of options that one aircraft can offer from onboard …

Background The current availability of advanced remote sensing technologies in the field of
landslide analysis allows for rapid and easily updatable data acquisitions, improving the …

In June 2013, heavy precipitation triggered a large earthflow of several million cubic meters
in a small village in Austria. A bundle of technologies was applied to monitor and document …

Late years, innovative close-range remote sensing technology such as Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) are widely applied in …

In February 2010 a large landslide affected the Maierato municipality (Calabria, Italy). The
landslide, mainly caused by a period of prolonged and intense rainfalls, produced a mass …