PE&RS May 2016 - page 301

PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING May 2016 301
& PE RS
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC
ENGINEERING&
REMOTE
SENSING
Theofficial journal for imagingandgeospatial information scienceand technology
April2015 Volume81,Number4
MONOGRAPH
Overview and Current Status
of Remote Sensing
Applications Based
on Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs)
UAV Monograph
Overview and Current Status of Remote Sensing Applications
Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Published in the April 2015 issue of PE&RS, this monograph provides an
extensive treatise on available remotely piloted aircraft, in particular, UAS
platforms, associated airborne sensors, their capabilities, and a glimpse at
the variety of applications for them. The author describes the variety of
fixed-winged and rotary-winged UAS, e.g., multi-rotor “copters” and delves
into the variety of sensors like RGB, infrared, multispectral and hyperspectral
cameras, lidar, and radar/synthetic-aperture radar. As well as a variety of
applications for these intriguing systems.
A benefit of UAS, is that they are useful for work that is “dull, dirty, or
dangerous.” These benefits are demonstrated in the highlight article
“Testing a Small UAS for Mapping Artisanal Diamond Mining in Africa”
which presents a fascinating look at a particularly unique application for
UAS. The work of aerial image acquisition of so-called “blood diamond”
mines and mining operations is dangerous for the human scientists in
strife-torn West and Central Africa.
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