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  • Article
  • Open Access
720 Views
18 Pages

26 February 2026

Recent advances in remote sensing have increasingly emphasized multi-view vision, which integrates complementary viewpoints to deliver more complete scene understanding and effectively alleviate occlusion and limited fields of view in crowded environ...

(This article belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,495 Views
19 Pages

11 March 2023

Due to their ability to offer more comprehensive information than data from a single view, multi-view (e.g., multi-source, multi-modal, multi-perspective) data are being used more frequently in remote sensing tasks. However, as the number of views gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,735 Views
21 Pages

Aerial-Ground Cross-View Vehicle Re-Identification: A Benchmark Dataset and Baseline

  • Linzhi Shang,
  • Chen Min,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Liang Xiao,
  • Dawei Zhao and
  • Yiming Nie

31 July 2025

Vehicle re-identification (Re-ID) is a critical computer vision task that aims to match the same vehicle across spatially distributed cameras, especially in the context of remote sensing imagery. While prior research has primarily focused on Re-ID us...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning for Intelligent Processing and Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
13,139 Views
15 Pages

Generating a High-Precision True Digital Orthophoto Map Based on UAV Images

  • Yu Liu,
  • Xinqi Zheng,
  • Gang Ai,
  • Yi Zhang and
  • Yuqiang Zuo

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) low-altitude remote sensing technology has recently been adopted in China. However, mapping accuracy and production processes of true digital orthophoto maps (TDOMs) generated by UAV images require further improvement. I...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications and Potential of UAV Photogrammetric Survey)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,587 Views
18 Pages

The Method of Multi-Angle Remote Sensing Observation Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and the Validation of BRDF

  • Hongtao Cao,
  • Dongqin You,
  • Dabin Ji,
  • Xingfa Gu,
  • Jianguang Wen,
  • Jianjun Wu,
  • Yong Li,
  • Yongqiang Cao,
  • Tiejun Cui and
  • Hu Zhang

18 October 2023

The measurement of bidirectional reflectivity for ground-based objects is a highly intricate task, with significant limitations in the capabilities of both ground-based and satellite-based observations from multiple viewpoints. In recent years, unman...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances, Innovations and Applications of UAV Technology for Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,356 Views
15 Pages

22 October 2018

This paper presents a novel sensing mode for using mobile robots to collect disaster ground information when the ground traffic from the rescue center to disaster site is disrupted. Traditional sensing modes which use aerial robots or ground robots i...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
593 Citations
39,157 Views
27 Pages

30 May 2012

Sensor miniaturisation, improved battery technology and the availability of low-cost yet advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have provided new opportunities for environmental remote sensing. The UAV provides a platform for close-range aerial phot...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) based Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,916 Views
20 Pages

Currently, huge quantities of remote sensing images (RSIs) are becoming available. Nevertheless, the scarcity of labeled samples hinders the semantic understanding of RSIs. Fortunately, many ground-level image datasets with detailed semantic annotati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Mining and Feature Extraction from Satellite Images and Point Cloud Data)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,022 Views
6 Pages

With a wide spectrum of imaging capabilities—from optical to radar sensors, low to very high resolution, continental to local scale, single-image to multi-temporal approaches, yearly to sub-daily acquisition repeat cycles—Earth Observation (EO) offer...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Observing Geohazards from Space)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,424 Views
17 Pages

UAV Image Multi-Labeling with Data-Efficient Transformers

  • Laila Bashmal,
  • Yakoub Bazi,
  • Mohamad Mahmoud Al Rahhal,
  • Haikel Alhichri and
  • Naif Al Ajlan

27 April 2021

In this paper, we present an approach for the multi-label classification of remote sensing images based on data-efficient transformers. During the training phase, we generated a second view for each image from the training set using data augmentation...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,362 Views
28 Pages

Angle Effects in UAV Quantitative Remote Sensing: Research Progress, Challenges and Trends

  • Weikang Zhang,
  • Hongtao Cao,
  • Dabin Ji,
  • Dongqin You,
  • Jianjun Wu,
  • Hu Zhang,
  • Yuquan Guo,
  • Menghao Zhang and
  • Yanmei Wang

23 September 2025

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) quantitative remote sensing technology has demonstrated significant advantages in fields such as agricultural monitoring and ecological environment assessment. However, achieving the goal of quantificati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
496 Views
31 Pages

Early and reliable detection of forest fires is essential for reducing environmental damage and ensuring public safety. Deep learning-based object detection enables automated fire monitoring across heterogeneous sensing platforms, including satellite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies and Applications for Computer Vision and Recognition Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,697 Views
33 Pages

Analysis of Optimal Flight Parameters of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Detecting Potholes in Pavements

  • Eduardo Romero-Chambi,
  • Simón Villarroel-Quezada,
  • Edison Atencio and
  • Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera

17 June 2020

Pavement maintenance seeks to provide optimal service conditions. Before maintenance, it is necessary to know the condition of the pavement by inspection, a crucial step in deciding on the repair to be carried out. In this sense, unmanned aerial vehi...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
9,492 Views
21 Pages

Multi-Agent Cooperative Target Search

  • Jinwen Hu,
  • Lihua Xie,
  • Jun Xu and
  • Zhao Xu

26 May 2014

This paper addresses a vision-based cooperative search for multiple mobile ground targets by a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with limited sensing and communication capabilities. The airborne camera on each UAV has a limited field of view a...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,883 Views
26 Pages

8 June 2023

More than 66% of the Nepalese population has been actively dependent on agriculture for their day-to-day living. Maize is the largest cereal crop in Nepal, both in terms of production and cultivated area in the hilly and mountainous regions of Nepal....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Aerial Unmanned Systems 2021-2023)
  • Review
  • Open Access
820 Views
26 Pages

Progress and Trends in UAV-Based Soil Moisture Inversion: A Comparative Knowledge Mapping Analysis of CNKI and Web of Science

  • Lu Wang,
  • Taifeng Zhu,
  • Weiwei Dai,
  • Feng Liang,
  • Chenglong Yu,
  • Peng Xiong,
  • Xiong Fang,
  • Yanlan Huang and
  • Wen Xie

26 April 2026

Soil moisture critically governs terrestrial energy and water cycles. Precise monitoring of soil water content is essential for precision agriculture, drought early warning, and water resource management. Ground-based observations offer limited spati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
724 Citations
52,434 Views
22 Pages

18 June 2019

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sensors and platforms nowadays are being used in almost every application (e.g., agriculture, forestry, and mining) that needs observed information from the top or oblique views. While they intend to be a general rem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends in UAV Remote Sensing Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
12,079 Views
39 Pages

Active and Passive Electro-Optical Sensors for Health Assessment in Food Crops

  • Thomas Fahey,
  • Hai Pham,
  • Alessandro Gardi,
  • Roberto Sabatini,
  • Dario Stefanelli,
  • Ian Goodwin and
  • David William Lamb

29 December 2020

In agriculture, early detection of plant stresses is advantageous in preventing crop yield losses. Remote sensors are increasingly being utilized for crop health monitoring, offering non-destructive, spatialized detection and the quantification of pl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors: 20th Anniversary)
  • Review
  • Open Access
408 Views
29 Pages

Crop Water Stress Index Measurements and Mapping Using Image and Point Data for Upland Crop and Orchard Fruit Production

  • Md Mamunur Rashid,
  • Md Nasim Reza,
  • Md Ashikur Rahman,
  • Arnab Majumder,
  • Se Yong Lee,
  • Kwang-Min Han,
  • Myong-Jin Ryu and
  • Sun-Ok Chung

Reliable assessment of crop water stress is essential for improving irrigation efficiency for upland crop and orchard fruit production. Thermal sensing combined with the crop water stress index (CWSI) provides a non-destructive approach for character...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Production Technology of Horticultural Crops)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
797 Views
21 Pages

8 July 2026

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become critical platforms for missions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, and target tracking, which require real-time decision-making, reliable sensing, and efficient resource utilization. However, limited onb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Civil Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Third Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
307 Views
24 Pages

Asymmetric Dual-Stream Transformers for AI-Driven Vision-Based Human Movement Assessment via Deep Features and GAT Classifier

  • Bader Aldughayfiq,
  • Rehana Bibi,
  • Hisham Allahem,
  • Azzah Allahim,
  • Mohammed Alnusayri,
  • Hanan Aljuaid and
  • Ahmad Jalal

17 September 2026

The integration of AI vision-based sensing and human motion analysis has grown to be a key element of intelligent perception systems, which now allow for automated interpretation of human movement, activity patterns, and complex visual behaviors. How...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymmetric and Symmetric in Deep Computer Vision and Generative Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,689 Views
28 Pages

3D Façade Labeling over Complex Scenarios: A Case Study Using Convolutional Neural Network and Structure-From-Motion

  • Rodolfo Georjute Lotte,
  • Norbert Haala,
  • Mateusz Karpina,
  • Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão and
  • Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

8 September 2018

Urban environments are regions in which spectral variability and spatial variability are extremely high, with a huge range of shapes and sizes, and they also demand high resolution images for applications involving their study. Due to the fact that t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning for Remote Sensing)