scholarly journals SURVEY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF GORNY ALTAY USING UAV

Author(s):  
Evgeny P. Krupochkin ◽  
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Sergei I. Sukhanov ◽  
Dmitry A. Vorobyov ◽  
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The article describes a methodology for determining the boundaries of archaeological sites using GPS survey and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with subsequent registration in the cadastral record. The method of georeferencing and photogrammetric processing of orthophotomaps using a system of control points has been tested. The digital photogrammetric program Agisoft Metashape (company Agisoft LLC, St. Petersburg) was chosen for the research. By means the program an orthomosaic was obtained with georeferencing with the Local Coordinate System (LCS-04). The result of the work was the construction of topographic plans and the determination of the boundaries of archaeological sites in accordance with the "Methodology for determining the boundaries of the territories of archaeologi-cal heritage sites, recommended for use by the letter of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federa-tion No. 12-01- 39/05-AB dated 27.01.2012".

Author(s):  
Tomasz Podciborski ◽  
Jacek Kil

Growing social demand for access to spatial information spurs the rapid development of measurement methods and systems for registering the results of spatial evaluations and analyses (Kwietniewski 2008). Any assessment of spatial development is carried out on the basis of information obtained from specific sources (Kowalczyk 2007). The main objective of this study was to propose a method for assessing the extent of damage caused by natural disasters to croplands and woodlands with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). The main aim was achieved through detailed goals, including determination of the causes of natural disasters, description of the field inspection procedure and development of loss assessment principles. The proposed method was verified in selected research sites, and the resulting damage report detailing cropland losses is presented in the study.


Author(s):  
R. El Meouche ◽  
I. Hijazi ◽  
P. A. Poncet ◽  
M. Abunemeh ◽  
M. Rezoug

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveying is now widespread and operational for several applications – quarry monitoring, archeological site surveys, forest management and 3D modeling for buildings, for instance. UAV is increasingly used by land surveyors especially for those kinds of projects. It is still ambiguous whether UAV can be applicable for smaller sites and property division. Therefore, the objective of this research is to extract a vectorized plan utilizing a UAV for a small site and investigate the possibility of an official land surveyor exploiting and certificating it. To do that, two plans were created, one using a UAV and another utilizing classical land surveyor instruments (Total Station). A comparison was conducted between the two plans to evaluate the accuracy of the UAV technique compared to the classical one. Moreover, other parameters were also considered such as execution time and the surface covered. The main problems associated with using a UAV are the level of precision and the visualization of the whole area. The results indicated that the precision is quite satisfactory with a maximum error of 1.0 cm on ground control points, and 4 cm for the rest of the model. On the other hand, the results showed that it is not possible to represent the whole area of interest utilizing a UAV, due to vegetation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Brooke ◽  
Ben Clutterbuck

There is a long history of the use of aerial imagery for archaeological research, but the application of multisensor image data has only recently been facilitated by the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Two archaeological sites in the East Midlands U.K. that differ in age and topography were selected for survey using multisensor imaging from a fixed-wing UAV. The aim of this study was to determine optimum methodology for the use of UAVs in examining archaeological sites that have no obvious surface features and examine issues of ground control target design, thermal effects, image processing and advanced filtration. The information derived from the range of sensors used in this study enabled interpretation of buried archaeology at both sites. For any archaeological survey using UAVs, the acquisition of visible colour (RGB), multispectral, and thermal imagery as a minimum are advised, as no single technique is sufficient to attempt to reveal the maximum amount of potential information.


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