Journal article
Principles and practice of acquiring drone based image data in marine environments
Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol.70(7), pp.952-963
2019
Abstract
With almost limitless applications across marine and freshwater environments, the number of people using, and wanting to use, remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS or drones) is increasing exponentially. However, successfully using drones for data collection and mapping is often preceded by hours of researching drone capabilities and functionality followed by numerous limited-success flights as users tailor their approach to data collection through trial and error. Working over water can be particularly complex and the published research using drones rarely documents the methodology and practical information in sufficient detail to allow others, with little remote pilot experience, to replicate them, or to learn from their mistakes. This can be frustrating and expensive, particularly when working in remote locations where the window of access is small. The aim of this paper is provide a practical guide to drone based data acquisition considerations. We hope to minimize the amount of trial and error required to obtain high quality, map-ready data by outlining the principles and practice of data collection using drones, particularly in marine and freshwater environments. Importantly, our recommendations are grounded in remote sensing and photogrammetry theory so that data collected are appropriate for making measurements and conducting quantitative data analysis.
Details
- Title
- Principles and practice of acquiring drone based image data in marine environments
- Authors
- Karen Joyce (Author)Stephanie Duce (Author)Susannah Leahy (Author)Javier X Leon (Author)Stefan Maier (Author)
- Publication details
- Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol.70(7), pp.952-963
- Publisher
- C S I R O Publishing
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1071/MF17380
- ISSN
- 1323-1650; 1323-1650
- Grant note
- James Cook University Development Grant and a Rising Star Grant to K. Joyce and University of Queensland Northern Great Barrier Reef Habitat Mapping.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450853102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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