Mission Flight Planning of RPAS for Photogrammetric Studies in Complex Scenes

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ID22034045
AuthorsJosé Miguel Gómez‐López (0000-0002-5676-3774, Universidad de Jaén), José Luís Pérez García (0000-0002-1395-3893, Universidad de Jaén), Antonio Tomás Mozas‐Calvache (0000-0001-5847-4338, Universidad de Jaén, corresponding author), Jorge Delgado García (0000-0001-9988-988X, Universidad de Jaén)
Year2020
Volume9
Issue6
Pages392
Publication date2020-06-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2220-9964 • E-ISSN: 2220-9964
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/ijgi9060392
OpenAlexW3034600014
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

This study describes a new approach to Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) photogrammetric mission flight planning. In this context, we have identified different issues appearing in complex scenes or difficulties caused by the project requirements in order to establish those functions or tools useful for resolving them. This approach includes the improvement of some common photogrammetric flight operations and the proposal of new flight schemas for some scenarios and practical cases. Some examples of these specific schemas are the combined flight (which includes characteristics of a classical block flight and a corridor flight in only one mission) and a polygon extrusion mode to be used for buildings and vertical objects, according to the International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA) recommendations. In all cases, it is very important to allow a detailed control of the flight and image parameters, such as the ground sample distance (GSD) variation, scale, footprints, coverage, and overlaps, according to the Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) available for the area. In addition, the application could be useful for quality control of other flights (or flight planning). All these new functions and improvements have been implemented in a software developed in order to make RPAS photogrammetric mission planning easier. The inclusion of new flight typologies supposes a novelty with respect to other available applications. The application has been tested using several cases including different types of flights. The results obtained in the quality parameters of flights (coverage and GSD variation) have demonstrated the viability of our new approach in supporting other photogrammetric procedures

Flight plan · Flight planning · Geography · Photogrammetry · Real-time computing · Systems engineering · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Computer Science · Engineering · Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications · Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization · Aerospace Engineering · Artificial Intelligence · Software

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