Assessment of Unmanned Aerial System Flight Plans for Data Acquisition from Erosional Terrain

Author:

Nikolova Valentina1ORCID,Gospodinova Veselina2ORCID,Kamburov Asparuh2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geology and Geoinformatics, University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria

2. Department of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

Accurate data mapping and visualization are of crucial importance for the detection and monitoring of slope morphodynamics, including erosion processes and studying small erosional landforms (rills and gullies). The purpose of the current research is to examine how the flight geometry of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) could affect the accuracy of photogrammetric processing products, concerning small erosion landforms that are a result of slope wash and temporary small streams formed by rain. In October 2021, three UAS flights with a different geometry were carried out in a hilly to a low-mountain area with an average altitude of about 650 m where erosion processes are observed. UAS imagery processing was carried out using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry. High-resolution products such as photogrammetric-based point clouds, digital surface models (DSMs) and orthophotos were generated. The obtained data were compared and evaluated by the root mean square error (RMSE), length measurement, cloud-to-cloud comparison, and 3D spatial GIS analysis of DSMs. The results show small differences between the considered photogrammetric products generated by nadir-viewing and oblique-viewing (45°—single strip and 60°—cross strips) geometry. The complex analysis of the obtained photogrammetric products gives an advantage to the 60°—cross strips imagery, in studying erosional terrains with slow slope morphodynamics.

Funder

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science

Publisher

MDPI AG

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