scholarly journals Automatic geolocation of targets tracked by aerial imaging platforms using satellite imagery

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-8 ◽  
pp. 1213-1220
Author(s):  
P. K. Shukla ◽  
S. Goel ◽  
P. Singh ◽  
B. Lohani
Keyword(s):  
Target Tracking ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Aerial Imaging ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Aerial Platforms ◽  
Important Activity ◽  
Aerial Platform

Tracking of targets from aerial platforms is an important activity in several applications, especially surveillance. Knowled ge of geolocation of these targets adds additional significant and useful information to the application. This paper determines the geolocation of a target being tracked from an aerial platform using the technique of image registration. Current approaches utilize a POS to determine the location of the aerial platform and then use the same for geolocation of the targets using the principle of photogrammetry. The constraints of cost and low-payload restrict the applicability of this approach using UAV platforms. This paper proposes a methodology for determining the geolocation of a target tracked from an aerial platform in a partially GPS devoid environment. The method utilises automatic feature based registration technique of a georeferenced satellite image with an ae rial image which is already stored in UAV's database to retrieve the geolocation of the target. Since it is easier to register subsequent aerial images due to similar viewing parameters, the subsequent overlapping images are registered together sequentially thus resulting in the registration of each of the images with georeferenced satellite image thus leading to geolocation of the target under interest. Using the proposed approach, the target can be tracked in all the frames in which it is visible. The proposed concept is verified experimentally and the results are found satisfactory. Using the proposed method, a user can obtain location of target of interest as well features on ground without requiring any POS on-board the aerial platform. The proposed approach has applications in surveillance for target tracking, target geolocation as well as in disaster management projects like search and rescue operations.

scholarly journals Automatic geolocation of targets tracked by aerial imaging platforms using satellite imagery

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-1 ◽  
pp. 381-388
Author(s):  
P. K. Shukla ◽  
S. Goel ◽  
P. Singh ◽  
B. Lohani
Keyword(s):  
Target Tracking ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Aerial Imaging ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Aerial Platforms ◽  
Important Activity ◽  
Aerial Platform

Tracking of targets from aerial platforms is an important activity in several applications, especially surveillance. Knowled ge of geolocation of these targets adds additional significant and useful information to the application. This paper determines the geolocation of a target being tracked from an aerial platform using the technique of image registration. Current approaches utilize a POS to determine the location of the aerial platform and then use the same for geolocation of the targets using the principle of photogrammetry. The constraints of cost and low-payload restrict the applicability of this approach using UAV platforms. This paper proposes a methodology for determining the geolocation of a target tracked from an aerial platform in a partially GPS devoid environment. The method utilises automatic feature based registration technique of a georeferenced satellite image with an ae rial image which is already stored in UAV's database to retrieve the geolocation of the target. Since it is easier to register subsequent aerial images due to similar viewing parameters, the subsequent overlapping images are registered together sequentially thus resulting in the registration of each of the images with georeferenced satellite image thus leading to geolocation of the target under interest. Using the proposed approach, the target can be tracked in all the frames in which it is visible. The proposed concept is verified experimentally and the results are found satisfactory. Using the proposed method, a user can obtain location of target of interest as well features on ground without requiring any POS on-board the aerial platform. The proposed approach has applications in surveillance for target tracking, target geolocation as well as in disaster management projects like search and rescue operations.

scholarly journals LARGE SCALE CITY MAPPING USING SATELLITE IMAGERY / KOSMINIŲ NUOTRAUKŲ IŠ GOOGLE EARTH, TAIKOMŲ MIESTAMS KARTOGRAFUOTI STAMBIUOJU MASTELIU, REKTIFIKAVIMAS / РЕКТИФИКАЦИЯ КОСМИЧЕСКИХ СНИМКОВ ИЗ GOOGLE EARTH ДЛЯ КРУПНОМАСШТАБНОГО КАРТОГРАФИРОВАНИЯ ГОРОДОВ

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birutė Ruzgienė ◽  
Qian Yi Xiang ◽  
Silvija Gečytė
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Image Rectification ◽  
Image Deformation ◽  
Map Construction ◽  
Short Period

The rectification of high resolution digital aerial images or satellite imagery employed for large scale city mapping is modern technology that needs well distributed and accurately defined control points. Digital satellite imagery, obtained using widely known software Google Earth, can be applied for accurate city map construction. The method of five control points is suggested for imagery rectification introducing the algorithm offered by Prof. Ruan Wei (tong ji University, Shanghai). Image rectification software created on the basis of the above suggested algorithm can correct image deformation with required accuracy, is reliable and keeps advantages in flexibility. Experimental research on testing the applied technology has been executed using GeoEye imagery with Google Earth builder over the city of Vilnius. Orthophoto maps at the scales of 1:1000 and 1:500 are generated referring to the methodology of five control points. Reference data and rectification results are checked comparing with those received from processing digital aerial images using a digital photogrammetry approach. The image rectification process applying the investigated method takes a short period of time (about 4-5 minutes) and uses only five control points. The accuracy of the created models satisfies requirements for large scale mapping. Santrauka Didelės skiriamosios gebos skaitmeninių nuotraukų ir kosminių nuotraukų rektifikavimas miestams kartografuoti stambiuoju masteliu yra nauja technologija. Tai atliekant būtini tikslūs ir aiškiai matomi kontroliniai taškai. Skaitmeninės kosminės nuotraukos, gautos taikant plačiai žinomą programinį paketą Google Earth, gali būti naudojamos miestams kartografuoti dideliu tikslumu. Siūloma nuotraukas rektifikuoti Penkių kontrolinių taskų metodu pagal prof. Ruan Wei (Tong Ji universitetas, Šanchajus) algoritmą. Moksliniam eksperimentui pasirinkta Vilniaus GeoEye nuotrauka iš Google Earth. 1:1000 ir 1:500 mastelio ortofotografiniai žemėlapiai sudaromi Penkių kontrolinių taškų metodu. Rektifikavimo duomenys lyginami su skaitmeninių nuotraukų apdorojimo rezultatais, gautais skaitmeninės fotogrametrijos metodu. Nuotraukų rektifikavimas Penkių kontrolinių taskų metodu atitinka kartografavimo stambiuoju masteliu reikalavimus, sumažėja laiko sąnaudos. Резюме Ректификация цифровых и космических снимков высокой резолюции для крупномасштабного картографирования является новой технологией, требующей точных и четких контрольных точек. Цифровые космические снимки, полученные с использованием широкоизвестного программного пакета Google Earth, могут применяться для точного картографирования городов. Для ректификации снимков предложен метод пяти контрольных точек с применением алгоритма проф. Ruan Wei (Университет Tong Ji, Шанхай). Для научного эксперимента использован снимок города Вильнюса GeoEye из Google Earth. Ортофотографические карты в масштабе 1:1000 и 1:500 генерируются с применением метода пяти контрольных точек. Полученные результаты и данные ректификации сравниваются с результатами цифровых снимков, полученных с применением метода цифровой фотограмметрии. Ректификация снимков с применением метода пяти контрольных точек уменьшает временные расходы и удовлетворяет требования, предъявляемые к крупномасштабному картографированию.

Resolving pre-collapse slope motion at the February 2021 Chamoli rock-ice avalanche via feature tracking of optical satellite imagery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries ◽  
Shashank Bhushan ◽  
David Shean ◽  
Etienne Berthier ◽  
César Deschamps-Berger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Feature Tracking ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Image Feature ◽  
Sampling Distance ◽  
Velocity Changes ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Slide Area ◽  
Ice Avalanche

<p>On the 7<sup>th</sup> of February 2021, a large rock-ice avalanche triggered a debris flow in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, resulting in over 200 dead or missing and widespread infrastructure damage. The rock-ice avalanche originated from a steep, glacierized north-facing slope with a history of instability, most recently a 2016 ice avalanche. In this work, we assess whether the slope exhibited any precursory displacement prior to collapse. We evaluate monthly slope motion over the 2015 and 2021 period through feature tracking of high-resolution optical satellite imagery from Sentinel-2 (10 m Ground Sampling Distance) and PlanetScope (3-4 m Ground Sampling Distance). Assessing slope displacement of the underlying rock is complicated by the presence of glaciers over a portion of the collapse area, which display surface displacements due to internal ice deformation. We overcome this through tracking the motion over ice-free portions of the slide area, and evaluating the spatial pattern of velocity changes in glaciated areas. Preliminary results show that the rock-ice avalanche bloc slipped over 10 m in the 5 years prior to collapse, with particularly rapid slip occurring in the summer of 2017 and 2018. These results provide insight into the precursory conditions of the deadly rock-ice avalanche, and highlight the potential of high-resolution optical satellite image feature tracking for monitoring the stability of high-risk slopes.</p>

scholarly journals Similar understorey structure in spite of edaphic and floristic dissimilarity in Amazonian forests

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lassi SUOMINEN ◽  
Kalle RUOKOLAINEN ◽  
Timo PITKÄNEN ◽  
Hanna TUOMISTO
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Forest Structure ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Light Availability ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Canopy Openness ◽  
Understorey Plants ◽  
Amazonian Forests ◽  
Geological Formations

Forest structure determines light availability for understorey plants. The structure of lowland Amazonian forests is known to vary over long edaphic gradients, but whether more subtle edaphic variation also affects forest structure has not beenresolved. In western Amazonia, the majority of non-flooded forests grow on soils derived either from relatively fertile sediments of the Pebas Formation or from poorer sediments of the Nauta Formation. The objective of this study was to compare structure and light availability in the understorey of forests growing on these two geological formations. We measured canopy openness and tree stem densities in three size classes in northeastern Peru in a total of 275 study points in old-growth terra firme forests representing the two geological formations. We also documented variation in floristic composition (ferns, lycophytes and the palm Iriartea deltoidea) and used Landsat TM satellite image information to model the forest structural and floristic features over a larger area. The floristic compositions of forests on the two formations were clearly different, and this could also be modelled with the satellite imagery. In contrast, the field observations of forest structure gave only a weak indication that forests on the Nauta Formation might be denser than those on the Pebas Formation. The modelling of forest structural features with satellite imagery did not support this result. Our results indicate that the structure of forest understorey varies much less than floristic composition does over the studied edaphic difference.

scholarly journals Link Budget Analysis for Reconfigurable Smart Surfaces in Aerial Platforms

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAFWAN ALFATTANI ◽  
Wael Jaafar ◽  
Yassine Hmamouche ◽  
Halim Yanikomeroglu ◽  
Abbas Yongacoglu
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Budget Analysis ◽  
Smart Surfaces ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Link Budget ◽  
Aerial Platforms ◽  
High Altitude Platform Station ◽  
Aerial Platform

In this paper, we derive the link budget relations for<br>communications assisted by reconfigurable smart surfaces (RSS).<br>Specifically, under specular and scattering paradigms, we provide<br>link budget expressions for an RSS-assisted communication on<br>the ground, where the RSS is either mounted on a building, or on<br>an aerial platform, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),<br>a high altitude platform station (HAPS), or a low-earth orbit<br>satellite (LEO). The obtained numerical results provide design<br>guidelines for RSS-assisted communication systems, including the<br>recommended aerial platform to use, the size of RSS for each<br>type of the platforms, and the operating frequencies. <br>

scholarly journals Monitoring scrub weed change in the Canterbury region using satellite imagery

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Shepherd ◽  
J.R. Dymond ◽  
J.R.I. Cuff
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Visual Assessment ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
Spatial Change ◽  
Valid Data ◽  
Woody Cover ◽  
Landsat Satellite ◽  
Thematic Data

The spatial change of woody vegetation in the Canterbury region was automatically mapped between 1990 and 2001 using Landsat satellite image mosaics The intersection of valid data from these mosaics gave coverage of 84 of the Canterbury region Changes in woody cover greater than 5 ha were identified Of the 5 ha areas of woody change only those that were likely to have been a scrub change were selected using ancillary thematic data for current vegetation cover (eg afforestation and deforestation were excluded) This resulted in 2466 polygons of potential scrub change These polygons were rapidly checked by visual assessment of the satellite imagery and assigned to exotic or indigenous scrub change categories Between 1990 and 2001 the total scrub weed area in the Canterbury region increased by 3600 400 ha and indigenous scrub increased by 2300 400 ha

scholarly journals Aerial and UAV Images for Photogrammetric Analysis of Belvedere Glacier Evolution in the Period 1977–2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 3787
Author(s):  
Carlo Iapige De De Gaetani ◽  
Francesco Ioli ◽  
Livio Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Aerial Images ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Alpine Glacier ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Span ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Surface Models ◽  
Aerial Platforms ◽  
Uav Images ◽  
Modern Technologies

Alpine glaciers are strongly suffering the consequences of the temperature rising and monitoring them over long periods is of particular interest for climate change tracking. A wide range of techniques can be successfully applied to survey and monitor glaciers with different spatial and temporal resolutions. However, going back in time to retrace the evolution of a glacier is still a challenging task. Historical aerial images, e.g., those acquired for regional cartographic purposes, are extremely valuable resources for studying the evolution and movement of a glacier in the past. This work analyzed the evolution of the Belvedere Glacier by means of structure from motion techniques applied to digitalized historical aerial images combined with more recent digital surveys, either from aerial platforms or UAVs. This allowed the monitoring of an Alpine glacier with high resolution and geometrical accuracy over a long span of time, covering the period 1977-2019. In this context, digital surface models of the area at different epochs were computed and jointly analyzed, retrieving the morphological dynamics of the Belvedere Glacier. The integration of datasets dating back to earlier times with those referring to surveys carried out with more modern technologies exploits at its full potential the information that at first glance could be thought obsolete, proving how historical photogrammetric datasets are a remarkable heritage for glaciological studies.

scholarly journals Segmentation of Satellite Imagery of Amedi Site Using Chan–Vese Model with Saliency Estimation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Pawan Rachee
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Object Segmentation ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Bilateral Filter ◽  
Histogram Equalization ◽  
Saliency Map ◽  
Enhancement Technique ◽  
Map Segmentation ◽  
Quantitative Manner

The images that have been taken from space satellites are described by satellite imagery. The presence of the earth's surface is detected by remote sensing. Normally the source of the satellite image is barely seen, because many points in the sky are obscured with cloud shadows. Therefore, one of the most important and ubiquitous tasks in image analysis is segmentation. Segmentation is the method of dividing a image into a collection of specific regions that vary in some essential qualitative or quantitative manner. In this paper we will focus on a method for segmenting images that was developed   Three different methods to detect the location of the satellite images have been studied, implemented, and tested; these are based on Chan-Vese and saliency map segmentation, and multi-resolution segmentation to obtain a proper object segmentation. In this study, the combination of the proposed segmentation automatic detection and image enhancement technique has been performed to reduce the noise of the original image. In addition, the Bilateral filter, and histogram equalization are used in these proposed techniques. Experimental results demonstrate that the suggested method can precisely extract the objective of Amedi site from the satellite images with difficult backgrounds and overlapping regions.

scholarly journals Analysis of Changes in Area and Density of Mangroves through Landsat 8 Satellite Image Processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Nadya Fiqi Nurcahyani
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Good Accuracy ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Mangrove Area ◽  
Satellite Image Processing

Mangrove forests have high ecological, economic and social values ??which function to maintain shoreline stability, protect beaches and riverbanks, filter and remediate waste, and to withstand floods and waves. The facts show that mangrove damage is everywhere, even the intensity of damage and its area tends to increase significantly. Many roles of mangroves require proper management to maintain the existence of mangroves. One way to determine the area of ??mangroves is by processing Landsat 8 satellite imagery. The stages of mangrove identification are carried out by using 564 RGB band merger, then separating the mangrove and non-mangrove objects. Next step is to analyze the density of mangroves using NDVI formula. To maximize monitoring of mangrove area, an android application was created that provides information on the area and density of mangroves at several locations, namely Clungup, Bangsong Teluk Asmara and Cengkrong from 2015 to 2018.The results showed that Landsat 8 satellite imagery can be used to identify changes in the area of ??mangrove forests with good accuracy, namely in the Clungup area of ??90% and Cengkrong of 86.67%. From processing results, the mangrove area in the Clungup area has also decreased from 2015 to 2017 but has increased in 2018 so that the application provides recommendations for embroidering mangroves in 2016 to 2017 and mangrove recommendations are maintained in 2018. As for Bangsong Teluk area Asmara and Cengkrong have increased the area of ??mangroves every year so that the application provides recommendations to be maintained from 2016 to 2018.

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