Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data (Hardcover, 1)

Part 1: Getting started with drone imagery and data. Introduction to capturing and processing drone imagery and data. An introduction to drone remote sensing and photogrammetry. Choosing a sensor for UAS imagery collection. Mission planning for capturing UAS imagery. Drone regulations in the United States: What you need to know before you fly. Structure from motion (SfM) workflow for processing drone imagery. Aerial cinematography with UAS. Part 2: Hands-on applications using drone imagery and data. Planning Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Missions. Aligning and stitching drone-captured images. Counting wildlife from drone-captured imagery using visual and semi-automated techniques. Terrain and surface modeling of vegetation height using simple linear regression. Assessing the accuracy of digital surface models of an earthen dam derived from SfM techniques. Estimating forage mass from unmanned aircraft systems in rangelands. Applications of UAS-derived terrain data for hydrology and flood hazard modeling. Comparing UAS and terrestrial laser scanning methods for change detection in coastal landscapes. Digital preservation of historical heritage using 3D models and augmented reality. Identifying burial mounds and enclosures using RGB and multispectral indices derived from UAS imagery. Detecting scales of drone-based atmospheric measurements using semivariograms. Assessing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmospheric boundary layer. Glossary.