Scientific papers
Open access scientific publications and research papers about UAV and drone mapping, including accuracy studies, pioneering photogrammetry techniques, and proven best practices.
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Classification of aerial photogrammetric 3D point clouds
C. Becker, N. Hani, E. Rosinskaya,
E. d’Angelo, C. Strecha
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Photogrammetric accuracy and modeling of rolling shutter cameras
J. Vautherin, S. Rutishauser,
K. Schneider-Zapp, H.F. Choi,
V. Chovancova, A. Glass, C. Strecha
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Terrestrial 3D mapping using fisheye and perspective sensors
C. Strecha, R. Zoller, S. Rutishauser,
B. Brot, K. Schneider-Zapp,
V. Chovancova, M. Krull, L. Glassey
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UAV collision and crime scene investigation
Simplified building models extraction from ultra-light UAV
O. Kung, C. Strecha, P. Fua1, D. Gurdan, M. Achtelik, K-M. Doth, J. Stumpf
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Automatic mapping from ultra-light UAV imagery
C. Strecha, O. Küng, P. Fua
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Photogrammetric performance of an ultra-light weight swinglet UAV
J. Vallet, F. Panissod, C. Strecha,
M. Tracol
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Wide-baseline stereo from multiple views: a probabilistic account
C. Strecha, R. Fransens, L. Van Gool
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A generative model for true orthorectification
C. Strecha, L. Van Gool, P. Fua
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The accuracy of automatic photogrammetric techniques on ultra-light UAV imagery
C. Strecha
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Dense matching of multiple wide-baseline views
C. Strecha, T. Tuytelaars, L. Van Gool
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The Chillon project: aerial / terrestrial and indoor integration
C. Strecha, M. Krull, S. Betschart
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Dynamic and scalable large scale image reconstruction
C. Strecha, T. Pylvänäinen, P. Fua
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How accurate are UAV surveying methods
B. Draeyer, C. Strecha
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3D error estimation from tie points
C. Strecha
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Assessment Of The Radiometric Accuracy In A Target Less Work Flow Using Pix4D Software
M. Cubero-Castan, K. Schneider-Zapp, M. Bellomo, D. Shi, M. Rehak, C. Strecha
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A new method to determine multi-angular reflectance factor from lightweight multispectral cameras with sky sensor in a target-less workflow applicable to UAV
To access the full article visit the journal of Remote Sensing of Environment or read the preprint.
Seeing the Invisible, Multispectral Image Analysis in Arable Farming
H. Battke, K. Schneider-Zapp
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Investigation on the
positional accuracy of 3D models
generated by the Pix4Dcatch app
synchronized with the
viDoc RTK rover for iPad
F. Murgia, A.Mitache, M. Rehak,
C. Strecha, B. Vidmar
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Site calibration with PROJ and WKT2
J. Jimenez Shaw, J. Hernando, C. Strecha
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