UAV Photogrammetry today already enjoys a largely automated and efficient data processing pipeline. However, the goal of dispensing with Ground Control Points looks closer, as dual-frequency GNSS receivers are put on board. This paper reports on the accuracy in object space obtained by GNSS-supported orientation of four photogrammetric blocks, acquired by a senseFly eBee RTK and all flown according to the same flight plan at 80 m above ground over a test field. Differential corrections were sent to the eBee from a nearby ground station. Block orientation has been performed with three software packages: PhotoScan, Pix4D and MicMac. The influence on the checkpoint errors of the precision given to the projection centers has been studied: in most cases, values in Z are critical. Without GCP, the RTK solution consistently achieves a RMSE of about 2-3 cm on the horizontal coordinates of checkpoints. In elevation, the RMSE varies from flight to flight, from 2 to 10 cm. Using at least one GCP, with all packages and all test flights, the geocoding accuracy of GNSS-supported orientation is almost as good as that of a traditional GCP orientation in XY and only slightly worse in Z.

Testing accuracy and repeatability of UAV blocks oriented with gnss-supported aerial triangulation / Benassi, Francesco; Dall'Asta, Elisa; Diotri, Fabrizio; Forlani, Gianfranco; Cella, Umberto Morra di; Roncella, Riccardo; Santise, Marina. - In: REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 2072-4292. - 9:2(2017), pp. 1-23. [10.3390/rs9020172]

Testing accuracy and repeatability of UAV blocks oriented with gnss-supported aerial triangulation

DALL'ASTA, Elisa;FORLANI, Gianfranco;RONCELLA, Riccardo;SANTISE, Marina
2017-01-01

Abstract

UAV Photogrammetry today already enjoys a largely automated and efficient data processing pipeline. However, the goal of dispensing with Ground Control Points looks closer, as dual-frequency GNSS receivers are put on board. This paper reports on the accuracy in object space obtained by GNSS-supported orientation of four photogrammetric blocks, acquired by a senseFly eBee RTK and all flown according to the same flight plan at 80 m above ground over a test field. Differential corrections were sent to the eBee from a nearby ground station. Block orientation has been performed with three software packages: PhotoScan, Pix4D and MicMac. The influence on the checkpoint errors of the precision given to the projection centers has been studied: in most cases, values in Z are critical. Without GCP, the RTK solution consistently achieves a RMSE of about 2-3 cm on the horizontal coordinates of checkpoints. In elevation, the RMSE varies from flight to flight, from 2 to 10 cm. Using at least one GCP, with all packages and all test flights, the geocoding accuracy of GNSS-supported orientation is almost as good as that of a traditional GCP orientation in XY and only slightly worse in Z.
2017
Testing accuracy and repeatability of UAV blocks oriented with gnss-supported aerial triangulation / Benassi, Francesco; Dall'Asta, Elisa; Diotri, Fabrizio; Forlani, Gianfranco; Cella, Umberto Morra di; Roncella, Riccardo; Santise, Marina. - In: REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 2072-4292. - 9:2(2017), pp. 1-23. [10.3390/rs9020172]
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