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Texture Mapping of a Bridge Deck Using UAV Images (무인항공영상을 이용한 교량 상판의 텍스처 매핑)

  • Nguyen, Truong Linh;Han, Dongyeob
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.1041-1047
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    • 2017
  • There are many methods for surveying the status of a road, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photo is one such method. When the UAV images are too large to be processed and suspected to be redundant, a texture extraction technique is used to transform the data into a reduced set of feature representations. This is an important task in 3D simulation using UAV images because a huge amount of data can be inputted. This paper presents a texture extraction method from UAV images to obtain high-resolution images of bridges. The proposed method is in three steps: firstly, we use the 3D bridge model from the V-World database; secondly, textures are extracted from oriented UAV images; and finally, the extracted textures from each image are blended. The result of our study can be used to update V-World textures to a high-resolution image.

Automatic Extraction Method of the Building using High-Resolution Satellite Image (고해상도 위성영상을 이용한 건물의 자동추출기법)

  • Lee, Jae-Kee;Choi, Seok-Keun;Jung, Sung-Hyuk
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.11 no.1 s.24
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 2003
  • The High-resolution satellite images are able to get the latest information of wide range area and to shorten updating cycle of digital map better than the aerial images. Especially, as high-resolution satellite images are opened to public recently and able to be used commercially, the studies that make ortho-images using them and apply to the digital mapping and the database of geo-spatial information system are having been progressed actively. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to establish the auto-extraction methods and to develop algorithms for automatically extracting buildings which are distributed very much in urban areas and which updating cycle needs to shorten, out of man-made structures in the IKONOS ortho-image with 1m spatial resolution. The result of this study, we can extract automatically extract 72% out of the whole buildings. And we could know that the methods and algorithms proposed in this study are good relatively analyzing the error trend by means of the comparison with ortho-image, digital map and hawing result.

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A Study on Urban Change Detection Using D-DSM from Stereo Satellite Data

  • Jang, Yeong Jae;Oh, Kwan Young;Lee, Kwang Jae;Oh, Jae Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.389-395
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    • 2019
  • Unlike aerial images covering small region, satellite data show high potential to detect urban scale geospatial changes. The change detection using satellite images can be carried out using single image or stereo images. The single image approach is based on radiometric differences between two images of different times. It has limitations to detect building level changes when the significant occlusion and relief displacement appear in the images. In contrast, stereo satellite data can be used to generate DSM (Digital Surface Model) that contain information of relief-corrected objects. Therefore, they have high potential for the object change detection. Therefore, we carried out a study for the change detection over an urban area using stereo satellite data of two different times. First, the RPC correction was performed for two DSMs generation via stereo image matching. Then, D-DSM (Differential DSM) was generated by differentiating two DSMs. The D-DSM was used for the topographic change detection and the performance was checked by applying different height thresholds to D-DSM.

Improvement of Ortho Image Quality by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV에 의한 정사영상의 품질 개선 방안)

  • Um, Dae-Yong;Park, Joon-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.11
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    • pp.568-573
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    • 2018
  • UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is widely used in space information construction, agriculture, fisheries, weather observation, communication, and entertainment fields because they are cheaper and easier to operate than manned aircraft. In particular, UAV have attracted much attention due to the speed and cost of data acquisition in the field of spatial information construction. However, ortho image images produced using UAVs are distorted in buildings and forests. It is necessary to solve these problems in order to utilize the geospatial information field. In this study, fixed wing, rotary wing, vertical take off and landing type UAV were used to detect distortions of ortho image of UAV under various conditions, and various object areas such as construction site, urban area, and forest area were captured and analysed. Through the research, it was found that the redundancy of the unmanned aerial vehicle image is the biggest factor of the distortion phenomenon, and the higher the flight altitude, the less the distortion phenomenon. We also proposed a method to reduce distortion of orthoimage by lowering the resolution of original image using DTM (Digital Terrain Model) to improve distortion. Future high-quality unmanned aerial vehicles without distortions will contribute greatly to the application of UAV in the field of precision surveying.

Texture Image Generation Technique Considering Storage Optimization of 3D-Spatial Data (3차원 공간자료의 저장 공간 최적화를 고려한 텍스쳐 생성기법 연구)

  • Jin, Gi-Ho;Ha, Sung-Ryong
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.457-464
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    • 2014
  • Recently, interests in space information data are increasing due to the initiation of spatial information open platform service by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The purpose of this study is optimizing management and storing of the texture data, one kinds of 3D-spatial data. First, extract 3D-spatial data through the aerial triangulation and 3D-writing using raw image taken with the Multi-directional aerial camera and the vertical aerial camera. And develop the method to create single texture data and related technique by align and place corresponding 3D-spatial data to optimal storage space. Through experiment, the results show effect of 8 times of storage capacity reduction compared to existing single-file storage method, additionally, new method can improve file management efficiency in comparison with multiple file storage method. The results of this study can be cornerstone of three-dimensional space information management when dealing with bulk data, and utilizations will be enhanced through the further studies and algorithm improvement.

Method to Extract Coastline Changes Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (무인항공기를 이용한 해안선 변화 추출에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kangsan;Choi, Jinmu;Joh, Chang-Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.473-483
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    • 2015
  • In a coastal area, a plenty of research has adopted remotely sensed data. This is because longterm interaction between land and ocean makes continuous geographical changes in a broad extent and unaccessible areas. However, conventional remote sensing platforms such as satellite or airplane has several disadvantages including limited temporal resolution and high operational costs. Hence, this study uses a UAV system to detect a coastline and its movement. Result of coastline detection shows how the coastline moves in a day. Time-series coastlines were derived from UAV aerial images through digital image processing. There is a drawback in the stability of UAV compared to the conventional remote sensing platform, but the advantage appears on the economical efficiency. Since the latest studies shows an improvement of UAV for a variety of purposes in many fields, a UAV can also be utilized for regional study and spatial data acquisition platform. geography can also utilize a UAV as a spatial data acquisition platform for regional study.

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Tree Height Estimation of Pinus densiflora and Pinus koraiensis in Korea with the Use of UAV-Acquired Imagery

  • Talkasen, Lynn J.;Kim, Myeong Jun;Kim, Dong Hyeon;Kim, Dong Geun;Lee, Kawn Hee
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.187-196
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    • 2017
  • The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the estimation of tree height is gaining recognition. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of tree height estimation of Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. and Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc. using digital surface model (DSM) generated from UAV-acquired imageries. Images were taken with the $Trimble^{(R)}$ UX5 equipped with Sony ${\alpha}5100$. The generated DSM, together with the digital elevation model (DEM) generated from a digital map of the study areas, were used in the estimation of tree height. Field measurements were conducted in order to generate a regression model and carry out accuracy assessment. The obtained coefficients of determination (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE) for P. densiflora (R2=0.71; RMSE=1.00 m) and P. koraiensis (R2=0.64; RMSE=0.85 m) are comparable to the results of similar studies. The results of the paired two-tailed t-test show that the two tree height estimation methods are not significantly different (p-value=0.04 and 0.10, alpha level=0.01), which means that tree height estimation using UAV imagery could be used as an alternative to field measurement.

3D Line Segment Extraction Based on Line Fitting of Elevation Data

  • Woo, Dong-Min
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we are concerned with a 3D line segment extraction method by area-based stereo matching technique. The main idea is based on line fitting of elevation data on 2D line coordinates of ortho-image. Elevation data and ortho-image can be obtained by well-known area-based stereo matching technique. In order to use elevation in line fitting, the elevation itself should be reliable. To measure the reliability of elevation, in this paper, we employ the concept of self-consistency. We test the effectiveness of the proposed method with a quantitative accuracy analysis using synthetic images generated from Avenches data set of Ascona aerial images. Experimental results indicate that our method generates 3D line segments almost 7.5 times more accurate than raw elevations obtained by area-based method.

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Land Cover Classification with High Spatial Resolution Using Orthoimage and DSM Based on Fixed-Wing UAV

  • Kim, Gu Hyeok;Choi, Jae Wan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2017
  • An UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is a flight system that is designed to conduct missions without a pilot. Compared to traditional airborne-based photogrammetry, UAV-based photogrammetry is inexpensive and can obtain high-spatial resolution data quickly. In this study, we aimed to classify the land cover using high-spatial resolution images obtained using a UAV. An RGB camera was used to obtain high-spatial resolution orthoimage. For accurate classification, multispectral image about same areas were obtained using a multispectral sensor. A DSM (Digital Surface Model) and a modified NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) were generated using images obtained using the RGB camera and multispectral sensor. Pixel-based classification was performed for twelve classes by using the RF (Random Forest) method. The classification accuracy was evaluated based on the error matrix, and it was confirmed that the proposed method effectively classified the area compared to supervised classification using only the RGB image.

Development of Natural Disaster Damage Investigation System using High Resolution Spatial Images (고해상도 공간영상을 이용한 자연재해 피해조사시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Tae-Hoon;Kim, Kye-Hyun;Nam, Gi-Beom;Shim, Jae-Hyun;Choi, Woo-Jung;Cho, Myung-Hum
    • Journal of Korea Spatial Information System Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2010
  • In this study, disaster damage investigation system was developed using high resolution satellite images and GIS technique to afford effective damage investigation system for widely disaster damaged area. Study area was selected in Bonghwa, Gyungsangbukdo where high magnitude of damages from torrential rain has occurred at July in 2008. GIS DB was built using 1:5,000 topographic map, cadastral map, satellite image and aerial photo to apply for investigation algorithm. Disaster damage investigation system was developed using VB NET languages, ArcObject component and MS-SQL DBMS for effective management of damage informations. The system can finding damaged area comparing pre- and post-disaster images and drawing damaged area according to the damage item unit. Extracted object was saved in Shape file format and overlayed with background GIS DB for obtaining detail information of damaged area. Disaster damage investigation system using high resolution spatial images can extract damage information rapidly and highly reliably for widely disaster areas. This system can be expected to highly contributing to enhance the disaster prevention capabilities in national level field investigation supporting and establishing recovery plan etc. This system can be utilized at the plan of disaster prevention through digital damage information and linked in national disaster information management system. Further studies are needed to better improvement in system and cover for the linkage of damage information with digital disaster registry.