GEOG 5840 - Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) Data Capture, Processing, and Analysis

Theoretical foundations and applied demonstration on how to: (1) acquire remotely sensed low-altitude aerial imagery and other aerial data utilizing Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) otherwise known as UAVs or drones, (2) process aerial imagery using Structure from Motion (SfM) computer vision algorithms and other techniques to generate accurate geospatial data products such as two-dimensional (2D) orthophotomosiacs and three-dimensional (3D) point clouds, and (3) analyze these datasets for a variety for geospatial applications (e.g., forestry, agriculture, land cover change, terrain modeling).

Note: Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

Credits: 3 hours