Looking through the clouds or fly below? Developing a flexible drone platform for detection, monitoring and mapping at KU Leuven KU Leuven
Hydraulics and Geotechnics, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation, Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS), Forest, Nature and Landscape, Design and Engineering of Construction and Architecture, Geomatics, Soil and Water Management, Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), Geography and Tourism
Satellite remote sensing has revolutionized research on spatio-temporal phenomena in many fields of science (ecology, geography, agriculture, engineering, …). The low spatial resolution of these images, however, hampers its use to study small-scale processes and clouds often obscure the view from space. By flying below the clouds, drones offer a promising alternative with an unparalleled spatial resolution (cm level) at a regional scale. Recent ...