Drones in archaeology. State‐of‐the‐art and future perspectives

S Campana - Archaeological Prospection, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In addition to traditional platforms for low‐level remote sensing (balloons, kites, etc.) new
and more complex automated systems [unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones] have …

UAV photogrammetry

H Eisenbeiß - 2009 - research-collection.ethz.ch
PHOTOGRAMMETRISCHE INSTRUMENTE (GEODÄSIE); PHOTOGRAMMETRIC
INSTRUMENTS (GEODESY); THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY+ TOPICAL CARTOGRAPHY; …

[HTML][HTML] Photogrammetry as a new scientific tool in archaeology: Worldwide research trends

C Marín-Buzón, A Pérez-Romero, JL López-Castro… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Archaeology has made significant advances in the last 20 years. This can be seen by the
remarkable increase in specialised literature on all archaeology-related disciplines. These …

[HTML][HTML] Point cloud generation from aerial image data acquired by a quadrocopter type micro unmanned aerial vehicle and a digital still camera

T Rosnell, E Honkavaara - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
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 …

Image‐based modelling from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry: an effective, low‐cost tool for archaeological applications

J Fernández‐Hernandez, D González‐Aguilera… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The recording and 3D modelling of complex archaeological sites is usually associated with
high capital and logistical costs, because the data acquisition must be performed by …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy assessment of 3D photogrammetric models from an unmanned aerial vehicle

S Barba, M Barbarella, A Di Benedetto, M Fiani… - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetric survey of an archaeological site has
proved itself to be particularly efficient. In order to obtain highly accurate and reliable results …

UAV and RPV systems for photogrammetric surveys in archaelogical areas: two tests in the Piedmont region (Italy)

F Chiabrando, F Nex, D Piatti, F Rinaudo - Journal of archaeological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Aerial photogrammetric surveys are usually expensive and the resolution of the acquired
images is often limited. For this reason, different innovative systems have been developed …

Providing an archaeological bird's‐eye view–an overall picture of ground‐based means to execute low‐altitude aerial photography (LAAP) in Archaeology

GJJ Verhoeven - Archaeological Prospection, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Since the beginning of aerial photography, researchers have used all kinds of devices
ranging from pigeons, kites, poles and balloons to rockets in order to take cameras aloft and …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of the influence of flight parameters in the generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) orthomosaicks to survey archaeological areas

FJ Mesas-Carrascosa, MD Notario García… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
This article describes the configuration and technical specifications of a multi-rotor
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a red–green–blue (RGB) sensor for the acquisition of …

[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis of the SIFT operator for automatic feature extraction and matching in photogrammetric applications

A Lingua, D Marenchino, F Nex - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
In the photogrammetry field, interest in region detectors, which are widely used in Computer
Vision, is quickly increasing due to the availability of new techniques. Images acquired by …