The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for engineering geology applications

D Giordan, MS Adams, I Aicardi, M Alicandro… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This paper represents the result of the IAEG C35 Commission “Monitoring methods and
approaches in engineering geology applications” workgroup aimed to describe a general …

Mountain observatories: status and prospects for enhancing and connecting a global community

M Shahgedanova, C Adler, A Gebrekirstos… - Mountain Research and …, 2021 - BioOne
Mountainous regions are globally important, in part because they support large populations
and are biodiverse. They are also characterized by enhanced vulnerability to anthropogenic …

The use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) for natural hazards monitoring and management

D Giordan, Y Hayakawa, F Nex… - … hazards and earth …, 2018 - nhess.copernicus.org
The number of scientific studies that consider possible applications of remotely piloted
aircraft systems (RPASs) for the management of natural hazards effects and the …

Advantages of using UAV digital photogrammetry in the study of slow-moving coastal landslides

S Devoto, V Macovaz, M Mantovani, M Soldati… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the advantages of using micro drones in the study of
large slow-moving landslides, which are widespread along the northwestern coast of Malta …

Accuracy assessment of RTK/PPK UAV-photogrammetry projects using differential corrections from multiple GNSS fixed base stations

P Martínez-Carricondo, F Agüera-Vega… - Geocarto …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with global navigation satellite system-real-time
kinematic (GNSS RTK) receivers allow direct georeferencing of the photogrammetric project …

Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in monitoring application and management of natural hazards

D Giordan, A Manconi, F Remondino… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The recent development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been increasing the
number of technical solutions that can be used to monitor and map the effects of natural …

UAV DTM acquisition in a forested area–comparison of low-cost photogrammetry (DJI Zenmuse P1) and LiDAR solutions (DJI Zenmuse L1)

M Štroner, R Urban, T Křemen… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we evaluated the results in terms of accuracy and coverage of the LiDAR-UAV
system DJI Zenmuse L1 and Digital Aerial Photogrammetric system (DAP–UAV) DJI …

The use of nadir and oblique UAV images for building knowledge

G Vacca, A Dessì, A Sacco - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the processing and study of 3D models obtained from images
captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In particular, we wanted to study the …

How image acquisition geometry of UAV campaigns affects the derived products and their accuracy in areas with complex geomorphology

A Kyriou, K Nikolakopoulos, I Koukouvelas - ISPRS International Journal …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The detailed and accurate mapping of landscapes and their geomorphological
characteristics is a key issue in hazard management. The current study examines whether …

Rapid mosaicking of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images for crop growth monitoring using the SIFT algorithm

J Zhao, X Zhang, C Gao, X Qiu, Y Tian, Y Zhu, W Cao - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of mosaicking unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
images, we propose in this paper a rapid mosaicking method based on scale-invariant …