Dronemapper - cloud based solution for automatic image mosaicking and georeferencing
Keywords:
Cloud application, mapping, drone, UAV, mosaicking, georeferencing, orthomosaic, precision agricultureAbstract
Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are used increasingly often to collect images for precision agriculture. Since drones fly at low altitudes, the camera has a limited field of vision. To cover an area of interest, taking even up to a thousand photos is necessary. To provide a complete view of the area, the photos need to be merged into a single composite image. Here we describe a DroneMapper - cloud application for automatic mosaicking and georeferencing. DroneMapper uses numerous open source tools for image processing and mapping. Thanks to the powerful computing resources of the server on which the application is hosted, DroneMapper performs a multiple times faster map processing in comparison to desktop solutions.
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