Application of UAV and GIS for Geosciences, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 270
Special Issue Editor
Interests: GIS; remote sensing; photogrammetery; hydrology; geological mapping
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Dear Colleagues,
Until a few years ago, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones, were only introduced to the wide public either as an extremely expensive military project or as a very cheap toy for kids. The use of UAVs for research purposes has recently become possible and affordable due to technological developments such as autopilot systems, lightweight action cameras, miniature GNSS sensors, advances in carbon fiber airframes and the simultaneous development of new processing methodologies based on computer vision including the structure from motion photogrammetry. Carrying different kinds of sensors, such as RGB, multispectral or thermal cameras, hyperspectral or Lidar sensors, or even ground penetrating radar and echo sounders, UAVs provide valuable information at extremely high spatial resolution and accuracy. The complexity of the above-mentioned information can be well stored, described and processed within the frame of a Geographic Information System (GIS), which is defined as a set of tools for the input, storage, management, analysis and cartographic representation of geographic information. This Special Issue aims to highlight the combination of UAV data and GIS techniques for Geosciences. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Survey and mapping;
- Mine monitoring;
- Volcanology;
- Archaeology and monument inspection;
- Soil contamination;
- Coastal erosion;
- Disaster management;
- Landslides;
- Shallow water bathymetry;
- Coral reef mapping;
- Hydrology.
Prof. Dr. Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- unmanned aerial vehicles
- GIS
- remote sensing
- photogrammetery
- GNSS
- multispectral cameras
- hyperspectral cameras
- thermal cameras
- lidar
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