DocumentCode
142731
Title
Performance evaluation of lightweight LiDAR for UAV applications
Author
Esposito, Salvatore ; Mura, Matteo ; Fallavollita, Paolo ; Balsi, Marco ; Chirici, Gherardo ; Oradini, Arturo ; Marchetti, Marco
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Electron., & Telecommun., La Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
fYear
2014
fDate
13-18 July 2014
Firstpage
792
Lastpage
795
Abstract
In this work a new lightweight LiDAR solution designed for UAV application will be investigated. In particular, we show that using this multi-echo LiDAR it is possible to obtain DTM reconstruction of the densely forested area surveyed in good agreement with the local technical regional map (CTR). We have also estimated the mean height of the trees from the estimated CHM with relative error equal to 5%.
Keywords
autonomous aerial vehicles; cartography; optical radar; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; CHM; DTM reconstruction; UAV application; forest resources; lightweight LiDAR solution; local technical regional map; multiecho LiDAR; relative error equal; Educational institutions; Forestry; Global Positioning System; Laser radar; Remote sensing; Strips; Vegetation; RPAS; UAV; airborne LiDAR; forestry;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Quebec City, QC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946543
Filename
6946543
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