Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data

This introductory textbook is designed for courses at the undergraduate or graduate level. It provides a gentle introduction to remote sensing and photogrammetry using drones and 12 hands-on exercises to practice processing and analyzing data.

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Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1

    Introduction to Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data

    Amy E. Frazier and Kunwar K. Singh

  • Chapter 2

    An Introduction to Drone Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

    Amy E. Frazier, Travis Howell, and Kunwar K. Singh

  • Chapter 3

    Choosing a Sensor for UAS Imagery Collection

    Angad Singh

  • Chapter 4

    Mission Planning for Capturing UAS Imagery

    Qassim Abdullah

  • Chapter 5

    Drone Regulations: What You Need to Know before You Fly

    Jennifer Fowler and Jaylene Naylor

  • Chapter 6

    Structure from Motion (SfM) Workflow for Processing Drone Imagery

    Adam J. Mathews

  • Chapter 7

    Aerial Cinematography with UAS

    Britta Ricker and Amy E. Frazier

  • Chapter 8 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Planning Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) Missions

    Anthony R. Cummings, Ron Deonandan, Jacquy Gonsalves, Persaud Moses, and Arnold Norman

  • Chapter 9 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Aligning and Stitching Drone-Captured Images

    Kunwar K. Singh, Tamika Brown, and Amy E. Frazier

  • Chapter 10 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Counting Wildlife from Drone-Captured Imagery using Visual and Semi-Automated Techniques

    Kunwar K. Singh, Katherine Markham, Amy E. Frazier, and Jarrod C. Hodgson

  • Chapter 11 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Terrain and Surface Modeling of Vegetation Height using Simple Linear Regression

    Jennifer L.R. Jensen and Adam J. Mathews

  • Chapter 12 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Assessing the Accuracy of Digital Surface Models of an Earthen Dam Derived from SfM Techniques

    Gil Gonçalves, José Juan Arranz Justel, Sorin Herban, Petr Dvorak, and Salvatore Manfreda

  • Chapter 13 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Estimating Forage Mass from Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Rangelands

    Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso, Michael T. Page, Alexandria M. DiMaggio, Jose de la Luz Martinez, and J. Alfonso Ortega-S.

  • Chapter 14 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Applications of UAS-Derived Terrain Data for Hydrology and Flood Hazard Modeling

    Wing H. Cheung and Jochen E. Schubert

  • Chapter 15 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Comparing UAS and Terrestrial Laser Scanning Methods for Change Detection in Coastal Landscapes

    Ian J. Walker, Craig Turner, and Zach Hilgendorf

  • Chapter 16 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Digital Preservation of Historical Heritage Using 3D Models and Augmented Reality

    Sergio Bernardes and Marguerite Madden

  • Chapter 17 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Identifying Burial Mounds and Enclosures Using RGB and Multispectral Indices Derived from UAS Imagery

    Agnes Schneider, Sebastian Richter, and Christoph Reudenbach

  • Chapter 18 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Detecting Scales of Drone-Based Atmospheric Measurements Using Semivariograms

    Amy E. Frazier and Benjamin L. Hemingway

  • Chapter 19 (Hands-On Exercise)

    Assessing the Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    Elinor Martin, Elizabeth Pillar-Little, and Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo