Piattaforme UAV per applicazioni geomatiche

Abstract

Un’alternativa efficiente, veloce e low-cost al tradizionale rilievo aereo, ma ancora senza una regolamentazione chiara e con alcuni problemi di stabilità e payload.

UAV platforms for geomatics

UAV platforms are nowadays a valuable source of data for inspection, surveillance, mapping and 3D modeling issues. New applications  in  the  short-  and  close-range  domain  are  intro-duced, being the UAVs a low-cost alternatives to the classical manned  aerial  photogrammetry.  Rotary  or  fixed  wing  UAVs, capable  of  performing  the  photogrammetric  data  acquisition  with  amateur  or  SLR  digital  cameras,  can  fly  in  manual, semi-automated and autonomous modes. With a typical photogrammetric  pipeline,  3D  results  like  DSM/DTM,  contour lines, textured 3D models, vector data, etc. can be produced, in a reasonable automated way. The article reports the latest developments of UAV image processing methods for photogrammetric applications with also some insight on regulation and system certifications.