548-0116/01 – Unmanned aerial vehicles in geoinformatics (BLPG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2017/2018 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The main goal of the course is to provide a complex overview about data collection and processing using Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV). Student gain following skills:
- knowledge of czech and european law in UAV operation
- selection of suitable UAV type and sensor depending on various projects
- flight campaign planning
- flight realization
- data pre-processing
- processing of RGB images in terms of 3d products acquisition (point clouds, digital terrain model)
- processing of thermal and multispectral images
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Terrain work
Summary
Course offer students obtaining theoretical and practical knowledge in using unmanned air vehiles (UAV) in geoinformatics and related fields. In theoretical part students obtain knowledge about UAV categories, possibilities of their application, sensoral equipment, principles of UAV data processing and legislation of UAV operation. Practical part of course is focused on complex process of UAV data collection and their processing and post-processing to final products (3d point clouds, digital terrain models, ortophotomosaics, multispectral and thermal imagery).
Compulsory literature:
VALAVANIS, K., VACHTSEVANOS, G. J. Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Springer, 2015, ISBN: 978-90-481-9706-4.
CARRIVICK, J., SMITH, M., QUINCEY, D. Structure from Motion in the Geosciences. Wiley, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-118-89584-9.
COLOMINA, I., MOLINA, P. Unmanned aerial systems for photogrammetry and remote sensing: A review. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 92, 79-97, 2014.
EASA. Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and (EU) 2019/945), 2020. Dostupné online z: https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Easy_Access_Rules_for_Unmanned_Aircraft_Systems.pdf
Recommended literature:
CASAGRANDE, G., SIK, A., SZABO, G. Small Flying Drones: Applications for Geographic Observation, 1st edition. Springer, 2017, ISBN-10: 3319665766, 170 s.
GREEN, D., GREGORY, B., KARACHOK, A. Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing: UAS for Environmental Applications, 1st edition. CRC Press, 2020, ISBN-10: 1482246074, 363 s.
KARAS, J. Challenges and future of the UAV regulation. GIS Ostrava 2020 - UAV in Smart City, Smart Region, Ostrava, 18.-19.3.2020.
Agisoft Tutorials. Dostupné online z:
https://www.agisoft.com/support/tutorials/beginner-level/
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Students are asked about knowledge from areas that they should have already known from previous lectures. They work on two individual tasks. Written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
No other requirements are imposed on student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV). Used terms.
2. UAV categorization.
3. UAV sensor equipment for (spatial) data collection.
4. UAV applications.
5. UAV legislation in the Czech Republic and in EU.
6. UAV legislation in EU.
7. UAV technologies.
8. Preparation and realization of flight with UAV. Meteorological limitations.
9. Bacis principles of aerial photogrammetry.
10. Spatial data collection with UAV. Ground control points.
11. RGB imagery processing for 3d products derivation. Structure from Motion technique.
12. Aerial laser scanning using UAV.
13. Classification and filtration of 3d point clouds.
14. Multispectral and thermail imagery processing.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction